On Manila’s increasingly hostile disputes with Beijing, Marcos stressed the Philippines would not back down but would only resort to peaceful means to resolve any dispute. “The West Philippine Sea is not only a figment of our imagination. It belongs to us,” Marcos said, using the Philippine...
Oct. 22, 2023: A Chinese coast guard ship and accompanying vessel ram Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat near the Second Thomas Shoal. Chinese coast guard says the Philippine vessels “trespassed” into what it said were Chinese waters. Sept. 26, 2023: The Philippine...