The Philippines’ top diplomat on Wednesday said the country would push through with plans to upgrade infrastructure in its claimed parts of the contested Spratly islands in the West Philippine Sea even as it continues to seek a peaceful solution to the dispute.
Asserting its ownership of territories in the disputed West Philippine Sea, China has laid “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal as it criticized the Philippines’ move to officially name a part of the waters off its west coast as the West Philippine Sea.
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine military said two unidentified foreign fighter jets have been spotted flying near an area claimed by the country in the South China Sea, but that they made no hostile move. An Armed Forces of the Philippines statement said Saturday that on May 11 two Philippine patrol planes were at 5,500 feet (1,700 [...]
