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Coast Guard vessels from China and the Philippines collide in disputed waters.

Following a vessel collision on Sunday in the most recent flare-up in the disputed South China Sea, the coast guards of China and the Philippines have placed blame on one another.Read More

Philippines claims that China fired a water cannon and damaged a ship in the South China Sea.

Chinese Coast Guard warships collided with and harassed Philippine vessels on Monday on Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, according to a statement from the Philippine Coast Guard.Read More

Nine Islamist Terrorists Are Killed by Philippine Troops, Two of Them Associated with Catholic Mass Bombing

MANILA: The military claimed on Saturday that nine members of a pro-ISIS group had been slain by government forces in the southern Philippines. Among them were two suspects in the tragic explosion that occurred during a Catholic Mass last month.Read More

'It's pure aggression,' says the Philippine military chief aboard a ship being harassed by China.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine military chief said Monday that he was onboard a supply boat with his men when it was blasted with a water cannon, encircled, and shoved by Chinese coast guard ships in the disputed South China Sea over the weekend.Read More

The United States and the Philippines condemn the Chinese Coast Guard's use of water cannons on fishing vessels.

MANILA, Philippines—The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts on Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said.Read More

The death toll in the Philippines' 'Killer Curve' bus accident has risen to 17.

MANILA—A passenger who was critically injured when a bus crashed into a ravine in the central Philippines has died, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disaster to 17, police said on Wednesday.Read More

At least four people were killed in an explosion during a Catholic mass in the Philippines.

According to local police, an explosion happened during Catholic mass in a university gymnasium in the Philippines on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring scores more.Read More

The Philippines claims that Chinese vessels rammed a Coast Guard ship and a supply boat near a disputed shoal.

MANILA, Philippines—A Chinese coast guard ship and an escorting vessel assaulted a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat near a disputed shoal Sunday, according to Philippine authorities, raising worries of an armed war in the disputed South China Sea.Read More

The Philippine military condemns the Chinese Coast Guard's use of a water cannon on its boat in a disputed area of the sea.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine military denounced the "excessive and offensive" deployment of a water cannon by a Chinese coast guard ship to prevent a Filipino supply boat from bringing more troops, food, water, and gasoline to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday.Read More

The United States is concerned about a blacklisted Chinese firm's involvement in island-building near its Manila embassy.

MANILA, Philippines—Due to the involvement of a Washington-blacklisted Chinese business in massive land reclamation operations in Manila Bay near its heavily fortified embassy, the United States has raised alarm. The embassy stated on Wednesday.Read More


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