In 1999, the Philippines purposely grounded the Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal. The secretary of defense at the time, Orlando Sanchez Mercado, claimed it was in reaction to China's ...

This marks the fifth successful resupply operation to troops aboard the BRP Sierra Madre under the ... the Ayungin Shoal or the Second Thomas Shoal is a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands ...

The Philippines and China have been locked in a months-long war of words and coastguard skirmishes over territory in the South China Sea, with the Second Thomas ... at the Sierra Madre wreck ...

The Philippine warship grounded 25 years ago at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China ... of Natural Resources concluded that the BRP Sierra Madre, which the Philippine navy ran aground ...

It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas ... Manila’s outpost at the shoal, on a long-grounded and rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre. In the worst ...

Philippine officials summoned a Chinese Embassy diplomat in Manila to convey a strong protest over the confrontation Tuesday off Second Thomas Shoal ... to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship ...

Manila said that “no untoward incidents" took place during Saturday's mission to Second Thomas ... The BRP Sierra Madre, a warship grounded on a shoal in the Spratly Islands, has become the ...

BEIJING, Jan 24 (Reuters) - China's coast guard said the Philippines on Friday sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship "illegally grounded" at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed ...

The Marcos administration continued to push back against China’s encroachments in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), reinforcing the Sierra ... Madre, a dilapidated warship grounded on Second ...

In 1999, the Philippines purposely grounded the Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal. The secretary of defense at the time, Orlando Sanchez Mercado, claimed it was in reaction to China's ...