On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China
About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.
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About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.
About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.
The Kalayaan group of islands is located more than 450km (280 miles) west of Palawan, a province facing the South China Sea.
THE municipality of Kalayaan in Palawan joined the recently concluded Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) and offered adventure-seeking tourists discounts for visitors to the islands claimed by the country in the West Philippine Sea. This is the first time the tourism arm of the Kalayaan municipality has offered packages of the…
Kalayaan aims to be a “special zone for tourism and marine fisheries” by 2040 despite the ongoing geopolitical tensions within the West Philippine Sea.