MANILA – At least 19 million Filipinos are expected to benefit from two new projects approved by the World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors, aimed at improving transport connectivity and health services in Mindanao and low-capacity provinces across the country.

The Chinese coast guard on Wednesday said it monitored a Philippine civilian boat delivering daily provisions to the "illegally grounded" warship at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal on Tuesday.

Philippines defence secretary warns that country will take action against China’s increasing aggression in the disputed waters.

Officials in the Philippines say that President Trump will not pull back from defense commitments because Manila and Washington have a common adversary.

The Philippines' top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence Monday that President Donald Trump’s new administration would continue military patrols in the disputed South China Sea and move ahead with an agreed expansion of the U.

While such an agreement may help in the rehabilitation process, problems of overcrowding and other chronic issues still remain, analysts say Corrections officials have thrown their support behind the Philippines' push for an Asean-wide prisoner transfer agreement,

Nationalists on Chinese social media cite the 14th-century voyages of eunuch Admiral Zheng. He is the basis for their claim.

Beijing’s claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan in long-unresolved territorial standoffs. Indonesia has also figured in violent confrontations with Chinese coast guard and fishing fleets in the Natuna waters.

The World Bank has approved loans amounting to around $950 million to support transport and health projects in the Philippines.

In addition to Vietnam, China's claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, while Indonesia has also figured in violent confrontations with the Chinese coast guard and fishing fleets in the waters around the Natuna Islands.

Japanese and Philippine defence chiefs agree to launch ‘strategic dialogue’ amid concerns over China’s moves in region.