PCG, Thitu Island
Chinese vessels seen in Pagasa Island now down to 30, says PCG exec
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Chinese maritime militia vessels in Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) decreased to 30, according to Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for WPS Commodore Jay Tarriela on Saturday.
Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, ...
Philippines-held Thitu island is the only naturally occurring Spratly Islands feature to host a civilian population.
Thitu is a strategically important island from which Manila monitors Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy waterway.
In an episode we first brought you in April, we go to southeast Asia and the Spratly Islands. Ownership of those island are ...
From the remote speck of land they call home, the residents of Thitu Island have watched China’s presence creep closer, and grow more assertive, over the past decade. Boats belonging to China ...
THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Philippine forces practiced retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships ...
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