The focus of this strategy is Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, which stands as one of the country’s most strategic islands in the contested Spratly archipelago. Strengthening the ...

An analyst suggests Beijing may be 'adding fuel' to domestic political tensions amid the ongoing Marcos-Duterte fallout A ...

Philippines-held Thitu island is the only naturally occurring Spratly Islands feature to host a civilian population.

Online ship trackers show that many of the vessels in the satellite photos are Chinese-registered fishing craft.

The Philippine Coast Guard deployed two patrol vessels to protect Philippine fishermen at Iroquois Reef following reports of ...

In an episode we first brought you in April, we go to southeast Asia and the Spratly Islands. Ownership of those island are ...

An “extraordinarily large” fleet of Chinese ships were spotted inside the territorial sea of Pagasa Island, a West PH Sea ...

Satellite images show a significant presence of Chinese civilian vessels near Thitu Island in the South China Sea, prompting ...

Thitu is a strategically important island from which Manila monitors Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy waterway.

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces retook an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships kept watch ...

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance. Philippine ...