Basilan province has been officially declared free from the presence and threat of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), according to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) volunteers in Basilan were evacuated due to the situation in the area, a spokesman said on Monday. In a television ...

Newsweek's map shows how a Chinese flotilla traveled ... They passed through the Philippines' Mindoro Strait and the Basilan Strait from the South China Sea and headed southward.

The two countries also traded barbs earlier this month after a Chinese destroyer fleet transited the Basilan Strait, which separates the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Basilan. China claims ...

The PLA patrol occurred after Beijing and Manila exchanged barbs over the transit of a Chinese destroyer fleet in the Basilan Strait, which separates the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Basilan.

MANILA, Philippines — The three Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy vessels monitored to have entered the Philippine waters on February 2 are about to exit the country’s exclusive economic ...

He added that these Chinese warships were expected to be transiting through the international passages within the maritime domain of the WestMinCom, the Sibutu Passage, and the Basilan Strait.

The normal passage of the Chinese naval fleet through the Basilan Strait is fully in accordance with international law and practice, said Tian Junli, a spokesperson for the Chinese People's ...

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Monday organized naval and air forces to conduct far seas drills passing through the Basilan Strait. The relevant operations ...

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The normal passage of the Chinese naval fleet through the Basilan Strait is fully in accordance with international law and practice, said Tian Junli, a spokesperson for ...