The Philippines is upgrading facilities on Thitu Island, its only inhabited outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands, in a move seen as an effort to catch up with rival South China Sea claimants.

The Philippines ... Some of the many islands, islets, reefs, atolls and sandbanks that make up the Spratly archipelago The history of these islands is told in a magnificent way, like so many ...

The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea between Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Malaysia and Brunei. They comprise less ...

purports to lay out a "new model" for managing tensions at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The past year has seen a string of confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels in ...

Units of Brigade 146, Naval Region 4, from the mainland to the remote islands of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, organized various activities such as sports competitions and traditional folk ...

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It is geopolitically important because of its proximity to the contested Spratly Islands and the West Philippine Sea ...

The Philippines is upgrading its facilities on Thitu Island, the only inhabited outpost it holds in the contested Spratly Islands, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

The latest annual Philippine budget allocated 1.65 billion ... the biggest outpost in the Spratly chain. "Nanshan Island, being relatively distant from a strong Chinese maritime presence nearby ...

Tensions between China and other claimants in the South China Sea - the Philippines, Taiwan ... had seen some signs that China had moved some weapons systems to the Spratly Islands in the past month ...

the biggest outpost in the Spratly chain. "Nanshan Island, being relatively distant from a strong Chinese maritime presence nearby, faces less interference or pressure from the Chinese coastguard ...