A California-based Coast Guard cutter has completed a three-day port call on Palawan, the Philippines, not far from the scene ...

At just 37 hectares, the Philippines-controlled island of Pagasa – or "hope" - is smaller than Buckingham Palace. There is almost nothing there. The 300 or so inhabitants live in a cluster of small, ...

USS Blue Ridge, a U.S. Navy command and control ship, has visited four countries in the South Pacific since mid- April.