Sandy Cay is an unoccupied group of sandbars known as Tiexian Jiao in China, and Pulo ng Bailan in the Philippines, with the official name of Pagasa Cay 2. It is the closest reef to Subi Reef ...

US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay L. Carlson said the action of the China Coast Guard (CCG) threatens regional stability. “The China Coast Guard’s aggressive actions against a lawful ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials on Thursday condemned the Chinese coast guard for using what they say was a powerful water cannon to target one of two Philippine fishing boats ...

Manila said one fisheries bureau ship sustained damage and blasted China's coast guard for putting civilian lives "at risk." ...

Sandy Cay is close to Thitu Island, the largest and most strategically important of the nine features the Philippines occupies in the Spratly archipelago, where China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam ...

MANILA, Philippines — Several of the Philippines’ allies have expressed grave concern over China’s recent use of water cannons and a sideswiping maneuver against a Philippine vessel on a routine ...

China’s coastguard says Philippine vessel ‘dangerously’ approached its ship, resulting in a collision. The Philippines ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials on Thursday condemned the Chinese coast guard for using what they say was a powerful water cannon to target one of two Philippine fishing boats ...

Sandy Cay (Filipino name: “Pag-asa Cay 2”), a tiny South China Sea (SCS) sandbar found in the western section of our Pag-Asa island’s Territorial Sea (TS), is very much in the news these days. Yet, in ...

referring to the Sandy Cay features by their Filipino names. “The incident occurred within the territorial sea of the Philippines,” it added. The sandbars have become a flashpoint in the ongoing ...

MANILA, Philippines — China criticized the United States for allegedly inciting tensions in the South China Sea (SCS) after US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson condemned the actions of ...

The Philippines condemned China’s “aggressive interference,” reporting vessel damage and safety threats. Sandy Cay is part of the disputed Spratly Islands, also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.