The Philippines said a Chinese coast guard ship "fired its water cannon" at a government vessel on Sunday morning. Beijing said the vessel "ignored repeated stern warnings" and approached dangerously.

Thousands of people have been evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of the strongest typhoons this year threatens to cause flooding and landslides on its way to southeastern China.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief condemned China’s deployment of a swarm of armed coast guard forces, backed by a helicopter and a drone, closer to the Philippines’ military outpost in a fiercely disputed atoll in the South ...

Manila provided supplies and protection to Philippine fishermen against a fleet of Chinese patrol ships, warships and aircraft operating in the South China Sea near two disputed maritime features on Tuesday.

The United Kingdom has signaled its intent for a visiting forces pact with the Philippines. Once finalized, it would be its seventh VFA partner.

FIVE CHINA Coast Guard (CCG) ships entered Manila’s territorial waters on Sunday, during an incident where a Philippine government ship was hit by a Chinese vessel near Thitu Island in the South China Sea,

The Philippine Coast Guard confiscated a Chinese-made autonomous underwater vessel operating within the country’s waters in the South China Sea over the weekend, marking the latest seizure of Beijing’s subsurface drones by Manila in recent years.

Philippines Coast Guard protects fishermen from Chinese ships near Thitu Island amid rising tensions in South China Sea.

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