The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

Rody Duterte’s senatorial candidates can have a show of hands. Who among them will jet ski to Sandy Cay, plant the Philippine ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days ...

OFFICIALS on Monday denied China's claims that it has seized Sandy Cay, one of the disputed reefs in the South China Sea, and ...

The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

MANILA, Philippines — There was no Chinese seizure of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea, ...

The Philippines and China defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused Beijing of ...

Senators on Monday condemned China's alleged seizure of Sandy Cay, calling it a violation of Philippine sovereignty and ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

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