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EBG6NYSM4VCJ With the standoff over the Scarborough Shoal (“Huangyan Island” to the Chinese and “Panatag Shoal” to the Filipinos) having entered its second month, many are wondering how long the tiny Philippines will stand its ground as Beiji...

Manila, The Philippines - For many Filipinos, it's a no-brainer: Scarborough Shoal, the triangle-shaped 150 square kilometre grouping of reefs and rocky islets less than 200 nautical miles from their eastern coastline, belongs to the Philippines.  I...

INT'L COURT? Weird prospect, China says. MANILA, Philippines – China has one word to describe the prospect of bringing to an international court its Scarborough Shoal dispute with the Philippines: weird...

Days after officials announced the United Nations's approval of the Philippines's latest territorial claim, experts said the government should now make the next move by crafting a law defining the country's continental shelf. More than this, it shoul...

MANILA, Philippines – Imagine an area bigger than the Philippines' biggest island, Luzon, that potentially contains steel-producing minerals and natural gas for domestic consumption or exportation.

UNDERWATER PLATEAU. Found near Aurora, the 13-million hectare Benham Rise is part of Philippine territory. Screen grab from a document the Philippines submitted to UN The Philippines has been awarded a potentially mineral-rich continental shelf and t...