Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...

Manila says this ship, suspected to belong to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu Island in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands.

THITU ISLAND (South China Sea): Every morning at 7am, Filipino government worker Elmer Bania steps into his office and looks out the window facing the sea. Just beyond the horizon, he spots the ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands. Beijing claims virtually the entire waterway, ...

Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, Filipino civilians and soldiers on Thitu Island - known locally as Pag-asa - live quietly under the gaze of Chinese vessels. Their daily lives are a ...

Thitu Island is home to a Philippine fishing village and armed forces, and is the largest of nine islands and islets controlled by the Philippines. It lies about 26km from Subi Reef (渚碧礁), which China ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to go on alert.

Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island on Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea, is seen through an aircraft window. Credit: AP/Aaron Favila ...

Thitu Island is home to a Philippine fishing village and Filipino forces and is the largest of nine islands and islets occupied by the Philippines. It lies about 26km from Subi Reef, ...

What To Know. On Wednesday, the People's Television Network, a Philippine state-owned broadcaster, released footage showing Chinese vessels operating off the coast of Thitu Island, well within the ...

The Philippines has a military outpost on Thitu Island and a small Filipino community has lived there since 1971. Tensions between Manila and Beijing flared again last week after a Chinese coast guard ...