MANILA – The Philippines on Thursday protested a plan by China to establish a nature reserve in one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea, calling it a “pretext to eventual ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. strongly protested China’s plan to establish a “National Nature Reserve” in the Scarborough ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned China’s recently announced plan to establish a nature reserve on one of the most hotly contested shoals in the South China Sea, which rival claimant the ...

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has called on his counterparts in Southeast Asia to condemn the harassment being ...

Without naming China, Marcos said the move by "some actors" to impose a “nature reserve” status over Scarborough Shoal ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continued the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council ...

A BROAD coalition of environmental and conservation groups is urging leaders to prioritize cost-effective nature-based solutions (NbS) over “corruption-riddled concrete infrastructure projects.” Its ...

FILE - A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Thursday protested a plan by China to establish a nature reserve in one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea, calling it a “pretext to ...