"China's objective is not to occupy Sabina Shoal but to prevent the Philippines from maintaining a permanent presence," said ...

After the Philippines recalled the BRP Teresa Magbanua from Sabina ... to the shoal," said Chen Xiangmiao, an associate research fellow at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies.

using the Filipino name for Sabina Shoal. The United States, a strong ally of Manila that had raised the South China Sea in high-level bilateral talks this week in Beijing, slammed China for ...

MANILA--The Philippines reaffirmed its position on Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea even as it agreed with China to explore ways to lower the tension in area, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.

THE PHILIPPINES will continue sending coast guard ships and reinforcement to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, where China is allegedly doing small-scale reclamation, a top security official said ...