Its participation was requested by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Marine Corps. NMESIS enhances sea denial capabilities, reinforces naval integrating, and extends the ...

Tensions between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea have escalated in the last two years, including in the Scarborough Shoal, a prime fishing patch claimed by both as their territory.

The Philippines is set to receive a second battery ... its coastal defences amid rising tensions in the South China Sea. However, analysts caution the deployment may carry more symbolic than ...

beginning in the South China Sea.” Major General Francisco Lorenzo, director of this year’s exercises for the Philippines, tried to downplay the perception that the military drills were aimed ...

MANILA - The Philippines voiced concerns about the South China Sea, including incidents that endangered its vessels and personnel, during negotiations between Asean and China for a code of conduct ...