U.S. flags should fly at half-staff from sunrise until noon. At noon, flags should be “raised briskly” to the top of the ...

According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, the U.S. flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon on ...

maritime police and coast guard went to Sandy Cay and unfurled the Philippine flag. The incident is the latest glaring example of how China is using fake news to justify its long-discredited assertion ...

Footage showed four personnel in black combat gear holding the Chinese national flag after arriving on the reef aboard an inflatable dinghy. On Apr 28, the Philippine Coast Guard released a photo ...

To underscore the Philippines’ continuing possession of the feature, Filipino soldiers held aloft a Philippine flag and had their pictures likewise taken at Sandy Cay, in a tit-for-tat gesture at ...

to land on the sandbars and unfurl the Philippines flag, a move that was in turn harshly condemned and branded 'illegal' by Beijing. But this is just the latest in a long line of disputes which ...

MANILA – China and the Philippines on April 28 defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea after Manila accused Beijing of seeking to “intimidate and harass” using a ...

Photographs show four officers posing with a Chinese flag on the reef's white surface, in what state media described as a 'vow of sovereignty and jurisdiction'. The Philippine Coast Guard on ...

Showing photos and videos of the Philippine flag being unfurled on two of the three sand bars that make up Sandy Cay in the South China Sea,” Lo said. Lo said Philippine officials confirmed that ...

hold the Philippine flag as they visit Sandy Cay 2 at the South China Sea on Sunday April 27, 2025. (National Task Force West Philippine Sea via AP) ...

Philippine Marines, National Police officers ... Sandy Cay—known to China as Tiexian Reef—and displayed a Chinese flag in an assertion of Beijing’s “maritime control” and “sovereign ...

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