MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III has renamed western offshore waters the West Philippine Sea to define his country's territory while disputing overlapping claims made by ...

MANILA, Philippines — The country will relentlessly defend its rights and interests in the West Philippines Sea for generations to come, an emotional President Marcos declared yesterday in his ...

Since 1988, the Philippines and China ... Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), resources above and below a formation in the seas in a country’s EEZ belong to that country, and ...

Philippine Navy’s BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) and the Canadian Navy’s HMCS Ottawa during their joint sail on September 21 in the West Philippine Sea. AFP Photo Canada is the latest country to ...

PCG spokesman for the West Philippine Sea issue, said at a news forum when asked if there is now a need for the deployment of Philippine Navy ships in the country’s territorial waters to counter ...

which includes the purchase of the country's first submarine, in order to defend its maritime sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea.Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Roy ...

MANILA (Philippines ... in the West Philippine Sea,” said Castro in a statement. “Yet again, China is using its delusional claims to Ayungin Shoal and Panatag Shoal, when no country in the ...

LAST Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, I had over, as guest at DZRJ 810 AM radio, the country's foremost maritime historian, Dr. Efren Isorena, to discuss the West Philippine Sea dispute that concerns our ...