KUALA LUMPUR, 30 June — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will undertake his inaugural official visit to the Philippines on July 1.

MANILA, June 24 — The Philippines will continue with resupply missions to troops on an atoll in a disputed part of the South China Sea despite Chinese Coast Guard vessels deliberately disrupting a mission last week, said its Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for aggressive diplomatic engagement to resolve the tensions in territorial waters between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

SINGAPORE, May 31 — The Shangri-La Dialogue summit began today with the United States (US) and China's defence chiefs holding their first face-to-face meeting in two years and the Philippines' president set to give a speech expected to touch on the sensitive South China Sea claims.

MANILA, May 12 — The Philippines has said it deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused China of building "an artificial island" in an escalating maritime row.

MANILA — The upcoming trilateral summit between the United States (US), Philippines, and Japan will include an agreement to maintain security and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

MANILA, April 8 — Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has called on China today to talk to prevent more incidents like ramming vessels and the use of water cannons in the South China Sea.

MANILA, April 1 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered his government to strengthen its coordination on maritime security to confront "a range of serious challenges" to territorial integrity and peace as a dispute with China escalates.

BEIJING, March 20 — China has said the United States (US) must refrain from "stirring up trouble" or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine Coast Guard.

MANILA, Feb 2 — The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift which threatens Marcos's reform agenda and risks fuelling instability.

MANILA, Feb 1 — Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has approved the third phase of the military's modernisation, which includes the purchase of the country's first submarine, in order to defend its maritime sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea.

MANILA, Jan 31 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said there is no rift between his Vice President Sara Duterte and himself, after both her brother and father strongly criticised him.

MANILA, Jan 29 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

BEIJING, Dec 29 — China's defence ministry lashed out at the United States US) yesterday, a week after their top military officials resumed high-level talks, criticising its continued meddling in the Asia Pacific region and saying it maintained a "Cold War" mindset.

BEIJING/MANILA, Dec 21 — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told the Philippines to address through dialogue serious difficulties in their relations over the South China Sea, warning that any miscalculation would prompt Beijing to defend itself and "respond resolutely".

MANILA, Nov 25 — The Philippines and Australia began their first joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, days after Manila took similar steps with the United States (US) as Pacific nations warily eye an increasingly assertive China.

MANILA — Tensions in the South China Sea require the Philippines to partner with allies and neighbours to maintain peace there, including establishing codes of conduct as the situation becomes "more dire", the Philippines' president said.

MANILA, Nov 18 — The United States (US) and the Philippines signed a landmark deal yesterday which enables Washington to export nuclear technology and material to Manila, which is exploring the use of nuclear power to decarbonise and boost energy independence.

MANILA, Nov 17 — Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco to discuss tensions and formulate ways forward in the South China Sea.

MANILA, Sept 1 — The Philippines announced price ceilings for rice on Friday to protect consumers, as the rising cost of the national staple probably caused August inflation to accelerate for the first time in seven months.