It provided critical evidence of the Philippines' historical jurisdiction over Scarborough Shoal, marked as Panacot Shoal in the map, and the Spratly Islands, identified as Los Bajos de Paragua.

The Philippines is upgrading facilities on Thitu Island, its only inhabited outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands, in a move seen as an effort to catch up with rival South China Sea claimants.

China said it drove off two Philippine government ships that tried ... the ships “trespassed” into waters near Sandy Cay in the Spratly Islands to collect sand samples and had been ...

The "frank and constructive discussions” came two weeks after a major clash close to Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands ... within five meters of the Philippine outpost at Second ...