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.

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

The Philippines criticised a "reckless" report from Chinese state media on Monday, which claimed that a contested reef in the ...

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

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 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines military facility that Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements ...

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

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 ...

The Sandy Cay reef lies near Thitu Island, or Pag-asa, where the Philippines stations troops and maintains a coast guard monitoring base. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said Saturday that the ...