The Philippine Coast Guard unveiled on Thursday its first dedicated command centre in the Spratly island chain, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea that has been the site of repeated confrontations with Chinese vessels.
The headquarters of a newly established coastguard district, formerly overseen from neighbouring Palawan, will cover an area of about 68,000 sq km (26,000 sq miles).
A journalist travelling to the new command centre on Thitu Island, known as Pagasa in the Philippines,…
Philippines expands South China Sea footprint with permanent Thitu Island base
