LAOAG CITY, Philippines — While the Philippine military deemed the presence of four Chinese warships in the Sibutu Strait as “innocent passage,” a security expert on Tuesday pointed out that Beijing ...

Malacañang on Thursday expressed its concern over the military's report that five more Chinese warships sailed in Philippine waters without informing Manila, saying it was not “an act of friendship.” ...

MANILA, Philippines — A coast guard station that will soon rise in Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi will boost the government’s campaign against terrorism and piracy in southern Philippines. Western Mindanao Command ...

DAVAO CITY — Compostela Valley province and Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi are among the ideal areas for new economic zones in Mindanao, according to Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corp. (PHIVIDEC) ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said a prototype floating solar farm funded by the fisheries bureau will be built in Tawi-Tawi Province’s Sibutu Island. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said ...

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday ordered the filing of diplomatic protests over Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters In a tweet on Monday ...

Chinese ships have passed through the Sibutu Strait four times since February this year, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday. "There were four instances when there were Chinese ...

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MANILA, Philippines — Chinese warships have passed through the southern Philippines in the past few months without informing the government, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday. At the ...

Personnel of the Coast Guard station in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi rescued 55 passengers and crew members of the vessel ML Lucky Man before it sank on July 22 off Sibutu Island in southwestern Mindanao, ...