Manila uses "West Philippine Sea" for waters in its maritime zone, where China's expanding presence challenges the U.S. ally.

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most ...

The West Philippine Sea label was placed at the left portion of Mindoro and Luzon islands of the Google Maps. Screenshot The South China Sea label remains at the northwest of the West Philippine ...

The Philippines voiced concerns on the South China Sea, including incidents that endangered its vessels and personnel.

Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps.

The name South China Sea remains visible to the north and west of the area newly identified as the West Philippine Sea - Copyright AFP Jamillah STA. ROSA The name ...

China is contesting the West Philippine Sea label that has recently become searchable in Google Maps. Chinese Foreign ...

The name South China Sea remains visible to the north and west of the area newly identified as the West Philippine Sea. Beijing claims the South China Sea almost in its entirety despite an ...

An update on the popular web mapping platform now identifies the waters off Palawan as West Philippine Sea, distinct from the larger South China Sea, which is located much further from the ...

A move by US technology giant Google to label a part of the South China Sea as the “West Philippine Sea” has been hailed by Filipino officials as a sign of growing global recognition of Manila ...

BEIJING derided the American tech giant Google for naming a portion of South China Sea as “West Philippine Sea.” “Let me point out that ‘South China Sea’ is the geographic name that has ...