In July last year, the Philippines and China reached a provisional understanding for the conduct of resupply missions to Filipino troops stationed at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin after a Filipino ...

For Carpio, the Philippines does not need to inform China whenever it is conducting a rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal considering the feature is within ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China’s “provisional understanding” regarding the Manila’s rotation and resupply (RORE) missions in Ayungin Shoal should be “temporary” and “end soon,” ...

Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessel BRP Malapascua, left, goes near the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal ,at the South China Sea on ...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo clarified that the “provisional understanding” with China that allows unimpeded rotation and resupply missions to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal ...

A week later, China asserted that it had granted the Philippines “permission” to resupply the BRP Sierra Madre warship in the Second Thomas Shoal of the Spratly Islands. The grounded vessel ...

The BRP Teresa Magbanua has issued hourly radio challenges to flag the presence of a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ...

On Saturday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said BRP Teresa Magbanua had “successfully maneuvered” to drive CCG 3304 further away from the Zambales coastline. This prompted China to replace CCG 3304 ...

The scenario centered on a contingency involving a crisis at Second Thomas Shoal, a reef that is occupied by approximately a dozen Philippine marines deployed on the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated ...