Chinese coastguard and Philippine fisheries vessels collide in latest encounter over disputed South China Sea reef.

Sandy Cay (Filipino name: “Pag-asa Cay 2”), a tiny South China Sea (SCS) sandbar found in the western section of our Pag-Asa island’s Territorial Sea (TS), is very much in the news these days. Yet, in ...

Several countries have expressed concern after a Chinese vessel fired a water cannon and sideswiped a Philippine ship in Sandy Cay on Thursday. These nations include the United States, United Kingdom, ...

The Bureau of Fisheries in Manila said the incident took place on Wednesday near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay and caused damage to one of the fishing vessels and endangered its crew members.

The May 21st water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard ship against Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels near Sandy Cay represents a dangerous escalation and ...

A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship reportedly fired water cannon and sideswiped a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Pag-asa Cay 2 (Sandy Cay) in the West Philippine Sea ...

LAST week's harassment by Chinese coast guard vessels of a Philippine scientific research mission at Sandy Cay comes as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. heads to Kuala Lumpur for this year's Association ...

The NMC said that last Wednesday, the BRP Datu Sanday and BRP Datu Pagbuaya of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) were at Pag-asa Cay 2, or Sandy Cay, on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Several of the Philippines’ allies have expressed grave concern over China’s recent use of water cannons and a sideswiping maneuver against a Philippine vessel on a routine ...

The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...