Nation & World China and Philippines use their flags to stake out competing claims in the South China Sea April 27, 2025 at 10:33 pm Updated April 28, 2025 at 3:32 am By TERESA CEROJANO ...

File image from 21 March, 2024 shows Philippine scientists inspecting Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in Spratly Islands, in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine flag is now flying over Philippine Rise as the country’s assertion of sovereignty, on the eighth anniversary of its renaming yesterday. The Northern Luzon ...

China and the Philippines have both raised their flags to counter each other's claims over a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, potentially starting a new standoff amid escalating tensions in ...

“Bebot” blasted over the sound system, the national flag of the Philippines rippled in the breeze, the smell of lumpia filled the air and Pista Sa Nayon began in Vallejo Saturday. “Sharing ...

The giant flag in the session hall of the House of Representatives has been washed, ironed and re-hung ahead of President ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited… ...

The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited outcroppings ...