For 41-year-old boat skipper Jonathan Robaro, each fishing expedition into the West Philippine Sea is a gamble against ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the ...

China is contesting the West ... Sea. It also pursued an arbitral case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague and in 2016, the tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines, saying ...

TECH GIANT Google LLC’s decision to label a part of the South China Sea as the “West Philippine Sea” is a symbolic win for the Philippines in its sea dispute with China, according to a diplomacy ...

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 ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea ... important reefs and islands in ...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcomed on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the inclusion of the “West Philippine Sea” on Google Maps. In a statement, AFP spokesperson Colonel Francel Margareth ...

In the case of the West Philippine Sea, the amended is still reflected for China-based users of Google Maps users as of April 14 6 p.m. Google, however, has very limited presence in China due to ...

MANILA – The western section of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been properly labeled as “West Philippine Sea” on Google Maps. A quick inspection of Google Maps as of Monday, April 14, ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine ...

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 ...