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The West Philippine Sea (WPS) is Manila's term for waters in the South China Sea that fall within its 200-nautical mile EEZ. Atin Ito said it has installed symbolic buoys within the Philippine EEZ ...
The 2023 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth consecutive below-average season and became the third-most inactive typhoon season on record in terms of named storms, with just 17 named storms developing, only ahead of 2010 and 1998. Despite the season occurring during an El Niño event, which typically favors activity in the basin, activity was ...
Vietnamese fisherman (allegedly) [citation needed] The Scarborough Shoal standoff is a dispute between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China over the Scarborough Shoal. Tensions began on April 8, 2012, after the attempted apprehension by the Philippine Navy of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels near the shoal.
West Philippine Sea ( Filipino: Karagatang Kanlurang Pilipinas; [2] abbreviated as WPS) is the official designation by the government of the Philippines to the parts of the South China Sea that are included in the country's exclusive economic zone. The term is also sometimes incorrectly used to refer to the entire South China Sea.
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there ...
MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines said on Monday it would keep a closer guard on reefs, shoals and islets in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, alarmed by reports of new ...
Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island ( Filipino: Pulo ng Pag-asa, lit. 'Island of Hope'), Đảo Thị Tứ ( Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ) and Zhongye Dao ( Chinese: 中业岛/中業島; pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo ), having an area of 37.2 hectares (92 acres), it is the second largest of the naturally occurring [4] island in Spratly Islands.
The West Philippine Basin, is the oceanic crust located underneath the western part of the Philippine Sea. It was formed during the early Oligocene epoch. [1] To its southwest is the Philippine Trench, and to its east is the Kyushu–Palau Ridge. [2] The West Philippine Basin is deeper and older than the eastern basins and has crustal heat-flow ...