MANILA, Jun 16 — The Philippines filed a claim with the United Nations (UN) yesterday to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, a waterway where it has had increasingly confrontational maritime disputes with China.

MANILA, June 15 — The Philippine military chief urged Filipino fishermen to keep fishing in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, despite China’s new coast guard rules allowing it to detain trespassers without trial, which take effect on June 15.

MANILA, June 11 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the country should be prepared for any eventuality because of more pronounced external threats driven by heightened tension in the Indo-Pacific.

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/BEIJING, May 14 — The Philippines said yesterday it would keep a closer guard on reefs, shoals and islets in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, as Beijing denied accusations of building an artificial island in the disputed waters.

MANILA, May 13 — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is committed to sustaining a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea to ensure China does not carry out reclamation activities at Sabina Shoal, its spokesman said today.

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, May 10 — The Philippines' national security adviser has called for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in a significant escalation of a bitter row over the South China Sea.

HONOLULU, May 3 — Damage to Philippine vessels and injuries to their crew in the South China Sea is "irresponsible behaviour" in disregard of international law, United States (US) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said yesterday, weighing in on the latest flare-up involving China.

BEIJING/MANILA, April 30—The Philippines has accused China's Coast Guard of harassing and damaging one of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, and rejected Beijing's position that it had expelled two vessels from the hotly contested shoal.

QINGDAO, April 22 — China remains committed to resolving maritime disputes with other countries through dialogue but will not allow itself to be "abused," a senior military official said at a meeting of senior foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao on Monday.

MANILA, April 18 — The Philippines' decision to ramp up ties with Japan and the United States is a "sovereign choice", its foreign ministry said on Thursday, urging China to "reflect upon its own actions" in the South China Sea.

WASHINGTON, April 16 — The top US diplomat for East Asia discussed Middle East developments, the South China Sea and Taiwan issues with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, the State Department said on Monday, the latest effort by the two countries to stabilise rocky ties.

BEIJING, April 11 — China has banned the senior executives of two United States (US) defence companies from entering the country and froze their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, said its Foreign Ministry today.

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.

WASHINGTON, April 3 — US President Joe Biden sought to manage tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan's May presidential inauguration in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, their first direct talks since meeting in November.

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.

MANILA/SHANGHAI, March 23 — China's Coast Guard said it had taken control measures against Philippine vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea today, while the Philippine Coast Guard decried the moves as "irresponsible and provocative".