The first two meetings were about managing their disputes on the provisioning of food and supply to Filipino troops in BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal. The last meeting in Manila resulted in a ...

Balabac Island is a new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement site to which US troops have access ... particularly to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.

Beijing worries Manila might establish a permanent presence at Sabina Shoal as it did on Second Thomas Shoal, another contested reef known as Renai Jiao in China and Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines.

The Navy data also reported an increase of the Chinese vessels at the Ayungin Shoal where Philippine troops were stationed on board the BRP Sierra Madre. From 22 in the period of Aug. 20 to 26, it ...

A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino troops manning the outpost in the West Philippine Sea on ...

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. cautioned China against removing the BRP Sierra Madre —the country’s rusty warship ...

“If China were to take the Sierra Madre, that is a clear act of war ... exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, the Ayungin Shoal or the Second Thomas Shoal is a submerged reef in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The BRP Sierra Madre, a naval outpost in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, could withstand Severe Tropical Storm Enteng as it approaches the West Philippine Sea. Rear Admiral Roy ...