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 ...

According to Ben Gonzales, a member of the PCSD’s scientific advisory panel, the Chinese parachute anchor damaged ...

I really don’t know what is the main reason...the Chinese were using usual anchor, and this time around they are using a ...

A satellite image appears to show an overview of Thitu Island in the South China Sea, November 25, 2024. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS. By Greg Torode and Karen Lema.

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ...

Thitu Island, known to Manila as Pag-asa and to China as Zhongye, is the largest feature occupied by Manila in the region. It plays host to a coastguard station equipped with radars and other ...

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 ...

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the… ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to go on alert.

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance. Philippine ...