Allowing China to build an artificial island on Escoda (Sabina) Shoal will have a decades-long impact on the Philippines' energy security, retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio ...

The withdrawal of the PCG's flagship has prompted some to claim that Beijing has forced Manila to back down at Sabina Shoal.

Escoda Shoal is much closer to Palawan than the contested ... China’s legal basis for its vast claim in the South China Sea before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands.

BRP Teresa Magbanua has been stationed at the Escoda Shoal since April when reports of China’s reclamation activities came to light.