The tiny sandbank, part of the Spratly Islands, lies near Thitu Island, also called Pag-asa and the site of a Philippine military facility. CCTV said the coast guard landed on Sandy Cay to "exercise ...

General Ronald Clark said the US stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Manila amid its territorial dispute with Beijing. Read ...

State media reports CCG officers ‘exercising maritime control’ on one of the reefs in the Spratly Islands also claimed by ...

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.

The 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines military facility that Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements ...

It has built up a large military presence in the Spratlys, setting up a military base on reclaimed land around Subi Reef, which is near Thitu Island, the Philippines’ most important military ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it ...

The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island, where Philippine forces have maintained a long-standing outpost. The Global Times newspaper, an English-language outlet ...

Retired SC Justice Antonio Carpio urged President Marcos to authorize the filing of a new arbitration case over the Sandy Cay ...

The Philippines today slammed an “irresponsible” Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China Sea was under Beijing’s control, saying the status quo was unchanged.