Investigators said divers were unable to remove a huge anchor still blocking sunlight from corals near Thitu Island in the ...

Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island on Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea, is seen through an aircraft window. Credit: AP/Aaron Favila ...

CHINESE naval activity near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, known locally as Bajo de Masinloc, has surged after a brief lull due to severe weather in mid-July, according to the ...

Education ministry says public security in the Philippines has been unstable and Chinese have frequently been targeted.

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces.

Manila says this ship, suspected to belong to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu Island in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands on June 7, 2025 ...

Thitu Island is home to a Philippine fishing village and Filipino forces and is the largest of nine islands and islets occupied by the Philippines. It lies about 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Subi ...

Filipino villagers living in a fishing village on Thitu, which they call Pagasa island, immediately informed the Philippine military and coast guard after seeing the Chinese ship lying in the ...