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

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

China and the Philippines on Monday defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused ...

MANILA, Philippines — The “West Philippine Sea” label is back on Google Maps ... posting a photo of them supposedly reclaiming the reef. When Philippine authorities went to Sandy Cay ...

Google Maps has entered the West Philippine ... of the Philippines over China's claims in the South China Sea, saying that it had "no legal basis." The decision also ruled that the Ayungin Shoal, the ...

This was Google’s explanation after the West Philippine ... in the South China Sea, including areas inside the Philippines' EEZ. The decision also ruled that the Ayungin Shoal, the Spratly Islands, ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea ... important reefs and islands in ...

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard unfurl the national flag during a trip to a disputed reef that Chinese media had reported was under Beijing's control ...

Manila (AFP) – A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine ...

The sandbars are in the Spratly islands between Philippine-occupied Thitu Island and Subi Reef, which China has ... by the National Task Force West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), a Chinese Coast ...