MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine aerial surveillance showed Chinese coast guard ships were still guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but they did not harass and stop ...

PHILIPPINE aerial surveillance showed Chinese coast-guard ships were still guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but they allowed Filipinos to fish “unmolested” for the first time ...

You might not notice Second Thomas Shoal from the air. The disputed atoll near the Philippines is a bit larger than Manhattan and sinks beneath the South China Sea’s surface at high tide.

More Filipino fisherfolk are operating in Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea amid the increased presence of Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessels.