South China Sea: Philippines did not agree to ‘new model’ to manage Second Thomas Shoal, officials sayPhilippine government officials have denied that they made an agreement with China to follow a “new model” of behaviour to ease tensions over the Second Thomas Shoal, a contested maritime area in the South China Sea that has been the centre of numerous confrontations between the two nations.Department of National Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr and the president’s national security adviser Eduardo M. Año in separate statements on Sunday denied that the Philippines made the agreement.They issued statements in response to a post by...