Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro said that if China removes the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, it would be considered an ...

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

It would be an “act of war” if China were to remove the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, ...

The agreement would allow the Philippines to resupply the grounded BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal. Predictably, China sought to interpret the agreement as reinforcing its illegal claims ...

similar to the grounding of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. “That’s why (Teresa Magbanua) lifted anchor last Saturday, to show that it will not be there permanently,” said the NMC official.

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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 ...

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 ...

China Coast Guard ship 5205 collides with Philippine coast guard vessel the BRP Teresa Magbanua at 12:18 p.m. on August 31. The Philippine ship has since April been deployed at Sabina Shoal ...

At the center of the latest clashes is Sabina Shoal, a coral atoll in the contested Spratly islands where the Philippines had deployed one of its biggest coast guard vessels since mid-April ...

The Beijing government, Estrada stressed, has “no right to even question the presence of BRP Teresa Magbanua in Escoda Shoal because it is located within our exclusive economic zone [EEZ] which ...