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

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 ...

“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 ...

It is a rendezvous point for Philippine vessels headed to Ayungin Shoal, another contested feature in the West Philippine Sea, where the World War II-era vessel BRP Sierra Madre was deliberately ...

Ayungin Shoal, site of a violent clash between Chinese and Philippine forces only in June, is "uncharacteristically" quiet. From a distance, BRP Sierra Madre, an active Philippine naval post, slowly ...

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 ...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN, Philippines — The government will send another vessel to Escoda (Sabina) Shoal to replace a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship that returned to port on Sunday after an ...

The shoal could have strategic value to the Philippines as a staging post to resupply troops on the Manila ... for its resupply missions to the BRP Sierra Madre, an aging navy ship intentionally ...

An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin, in the South China Sea, March 9, 2023. (Reuters) Beijing claims most of the South China ...

another contested reef known as Renai Jiao in China and Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines. In 1999, Manila grounded the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II-era warship, on Second Thomas Shoal ...