Filipino scientists on Saturday said there might be an ongoing artificial island-building in the waters close to Pag-asa in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG ...

MANILA, Philippines — The creation and reclamation of artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so that more command posts can be installed to safeguard the country’s territories are ...

Since the WPS dispute involves land territories ... deprived of an EEZ because it is an archipelagic state. The two artificial islands built by China within our EEZ may be subject to a bilateral ...

A China-flagged vessel that ran aground near Pag-asa Island in Kalayaan town, located in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), has ...

“The Philippine Coast Guard (PGC) has deployed its BRP Teresa Magbanua to monitor the supposed illegal activities of China, creating an ‘artificial island’ on Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea ...

These include unauthorized patrols, the construction of artificial islands, and the deployment of its maritime militia — ...

In his exclusive first-person account, Morong said the flares were fired as the BFAR plane circled the artificial island. The NTF-WPS confirmed the August 22 incident, saying that the flares were ...

The WPS, a traditional fishing ground for Filipinos, is estimated to account for about a third of the country’s total fisheries production, Repollo said. Repollo and Licuanan said that while it was ...

VIETNAM has tapped a private company to build an artificial island in the West Philippine Sea as part of its militarization efforts in areas that it claims, according to documents of the government ...

READ: Teodoro on China’s aggressive actions in WPS: ‘We have to expect more’ In May last ... this week that any attempt by China to transform Panatag Shoal into an artificial island would be ...

China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs. China's claims over these islands is unlawful and many countries are fighting back. Tensions ...

Unlike what China did they destroyed…and pulverized the coral reef to create their artificial island. They created… at least four or five,” Antonio Carpio, a former Associate Justice, said in an ...