Video footage shows the South China Sea chase and the aftermath, including "substantial damage" to the Chinese Coast Guard ship, Manila said.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island,

According to the Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command, the USS Higgins entered the waters “without approval of the Chinese government”. It said the move “seriously violated China’s sovereignty and security, severely undermined peace and stability in the South China Sea,” and vowed to maintain a “high alert at all times”.

THE Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) has conducted a symposium on West Philippine Sea awareness and on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a con