Philippines

Muscle and Mediation Set to Continue in the South China Sea

The state visit to Beijing by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in January 2023 did not yield the momentum for bilateral ties that his

At the end of November, the United States Coast Guard began conducting a course in vessel boarding with experts from the Philippines, Malaysia and

Instead of spending their youth in a godforsaken rural cave to relive the Cultural Revolution in the image of no less a figure than Xi Jinping, the

On October 22, 2023, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled

By Pam Castro with Peter Catterall in Beijing Manila said today that Chinese vessels “intentionally hit” Philippine boats at the weekend,

Step into Manila’s Binondo district from the south, and its culture is so rich and fascinating you must enter it twice. Passing under one gate, you

There are some eerie similarities between the years that preceded World War II and the time we are currently living in. In February of 1938,

China claims it has always controlled all the rocky shoals, sandbars and reefs within a maritime territory that it has marked with its so-called

Noel Morada, The University of Queensland At the end of last week, 1,200 Australian troops took part in a joint military exercise in the

SAMAL ISLAND, Philippines — Its official name, the Island Garden City of Samal, tells you all you need to know about this bucolic township off the