Investigators said divers were unable to remove a huge anchor still blocking sunlight from corals near Thitu Island in the ...

Chinese state media has also published a report accusing the BRP Sierra Madre, a grounded World War II-era ship intentionally ...

I really don’t know what is the main reason...the Chinese were using usual anchor, and this time around they are using a ...

Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island on Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea, is seen through an aircraft window. Credit: AP/Aaron Favila ...

THE PHILIPPINES is seeking P11.1 million in compensation from China for environmental damage allegedly caused by a Chinese vessel near Thitu Island in the contested South China Sea, a top security ...

According to Ben Gonzales, a member of the PCSD’s scientific advisory panel, the Chinese parachute anchor damaged ...

A satellite image appears to show an overview of Thitu Island in the South China Sea, November 25, 2024. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS. By Greg Torode and Karen Lema.

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

Filipino villagers living in a fishing village on Thitu, which they call Pagasa island, immediately informed the Philippine military and coast guard after seeing the Chinese ship lying in the ...

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 ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to go on alert.

Thitu Island is home to a Philippine fishing village and Filipino forces and is the largest of nine islands and islets occupied by the Philippines. It lies about 26 kilometers ...