The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. (Photo ... will see the flooding of old growth forest areas and displace thousands of people. For opponents of the project ...

BRP Sierra Madre has been grounded near the Second Thomas Shoal for 24 years. The Second Thomas Shoal is a contested part of the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines claim.

The Sierra Madre, considered Luzon’s backbone, holds half of the country’s old-growth forests and spans ... scientists from the University of the Philippines and the National Aeronautics ...

At the centre of this geopolitical tit-for-tat is the BRP Sierra Madre, an ex-Philippine Navy transport ship that was deliberately grounded in the late 1990s at Second Thomas Shoal, also known as ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite attempts by Chinese vessels to block the resupply mission, Philippine boats delivered essential provisions to military personnel stationed on BRP Sierra Madre in ...

A dilapidated World War II-era vessel called the Sierra Madre, run aground on a tiny ... a provisional agreement that would allow the Philippines to take supplies out to the ship, in hopes that ...

After multiple maritime clashes, the Philippines invited journalists on a mission to resupply the Sierra Madre. A reporter for The Times was given rare access. By Camille Elemia Reporting from the ...