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

MANILA/BEIJING — China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of ...

Manila said one fisheries bureau ship sustained damage and blasted China's coast guard for putting civilian lives "at risk." ...

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 latest incident comes amid ongoing tensions between China and the Philippines over the disputed strategic waterway.

The Philippines fisheries bureau has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon and sideswiping a Filipino government ...

Vietnam has expressed its objections to China and the Philippines regarding their conflicting activities at Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea, demonstrating the nation's growing ...

“Agreements such as both sides refraining from constructing anything at Sandy Cay would be the best outcome for now,” Justin Keith A. Baquisal, a national security analyst at FACTS Asia, said in a ...

THE Philippines on Saturday urged China to comply with its obligations under international law as it slammed as false Beijing's reported "seizure" of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa Island. In a statement, the ...

Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway’s Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized.

(MENAFN- IANS) Manila, May 3 (IANS) The Philippines on Saturday slammed China for resorting to disinformation activities around Sandy Cay, emphasising that the area was an integral part of its ...