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

China has seized control of a disputed reef near the Philippines’ Thitu Island, escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

The focus of this strategy is Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, which stands as one of the country’s most strategic islands in the contested Spratly archipelago. Strengthening the ...

The takeover of Sandy Cay could theoretically allow China to expand its jurisdiction in this area. ...

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

The Philippines on Monday slammed an "irresponsible" Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China ...

China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South ...

The incident close to the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island was just the latest between the two nations in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. vice president's visit to the Philippines has ...

Sandy Cay is positioned slightly over 3 kilometers from Thitu Island, referred to as Pag-asa by Manila, which hosts Philippine military installations, including a military-grade runway and ...

partially attributed the degradation in the area to “frequent human activities”, including construction and fishery activity by the Philippines on Thitu Island, two nautical miles away.

The teeming sandbar where he worked off Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, could always be relied on to deliver a big haul. Then one day, a handful of much ...

That 12-nautical-mile radius overlaps with Thitu Island, the South China Sea reef the Philippines uses to track Chinese moves in the area. The White House said the reports of China seizing Sandy ...