The Philippines is building more friendships in the field of defense. The most recent one is with New Zealand. Last month, ...

The U.S. and the Philippines have been holding their yearly military exercises together. This year, Japan and Australia also joined the drills, which come at a time of simmering tension with China.

A top military general has issued a stark warning about an "aggressive Beijing" as tensions rise in the South China Sea. The ...

In political rallies, Senate hearings and voter surveys ahead of Monday's midterm elections in the Philippines, China has ...

The encounter was notable for the involvement of naval vessels—a rare occurrence in a long-running dispute more commonly played out by the nations' coast guards, seen as posing a lower risk of ...

The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest incident in a longstanding dispute between the ...

Special operations forces from the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force are operating throughout the Philippines and the South China ...

A planned U.S.-Philippine live-fire exercise was canceled after the aging WWII-era BRP Miguel Malvar sank en route. Despite the setback, further drills continue as scheduled.

China's annual moratorium covers waters claimed by several countries with ongoing territorial disputes with the East Asian power.

Eduardo Año on Tuesday said security challenges in the South China Sea are unlikely to be reduced anytime soon. "The ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used in a live-fire exercise off the western coast of the Philippines as part ...

MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine Navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and ...