Page 3 - Second Thomas News Today

THE Atin Ito convoy of civilian boats called off plans to sail closer to Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) on May 16, but organizers declared mission accomplished after an advance team, dispatched a day ahead of the official supply mission, broke through a Chinese blockade.

ITBAYAT, Philippines (AP) — US Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills Monday in the Philippines’ northernmost island town along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan — a flashpoint in the military rivalry between Washington and Beijing. The show of allied battle readiness in Itbayat in Batanes […]

U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills on the Philippines’ northernmost island along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry.

U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills Monday in the Philippines’ northernmost island town along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan — a flashpoint in the military rivalry between Washington and Beijing. T...

ITBAYAT, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills Monday in the Philippines’ northernmost island town along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan — a flashpoint in the military rivalry between Washington and Beijing. The show of allied battle readiness in Itbayat in Batanes […]

Philippines won’t use water cannons — President Marcos Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Philippine defence secretary slams China’s claim of ‘new model’ pact for Ayungin Shoal Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

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MANILA (ANN/PDI) – Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr on Sunday rejected China’s assertion of a “new model” for Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. An unnamed Chinese embassy spokesperson claimed on Saturday that officials in the Department of National Defence and the National Security Advisor had approved a “new model” to manage […]

U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts darted out of Black Hawk helicopters during combat drills in the Philippines’ northernmost island town, along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan.