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 delivery of supplies and military personnel on Thursday to the Second Thomas ... outpost at the shoal — the long-grounded and rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre.

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 ...

China and the Philippines have traded barbs for months over the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

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 ...

Contrary to the claim of a Chinese official, the Philippines never sought permission from Beijing for its resupply missions at Ayungin Shoal.

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 ...

In its statement, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said the country had rotated personnel of the BRP Sierra Madre ... over manoeuvres at Second Thomas Shoal, an atoll within Manila's ...