THE PHILIPPINES has accused China of using a long-range acoustic device (LRAD) at the weekend to harass its vessel near the coast of Zambales province, more than two weeks since it started monitoring the area after the deployment of China’s monster ship.

China's coast guard said the Philippines on Friday sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship "illegally grounded" at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea. The coast guard "questioned" and "monitored" the Philippine vessel throughout its supply mission,

The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Saturday denied the espionage allegations against its detained citizen, Deng Yuanqing, and asked the Philippine government to refrain from making groundless speculations.

A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options are on the table” for Manila’s response, including new international lawsuits.

The 540-foot coast guard cutter has been operating within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone for over three weeks.

Beijing and Manila have agreed to continue talks on settling their territorial differences despite Philippine protests about the presence of a Chinese "monster ship" near the contested Scarborough Shoal.

The Philippine coast guard reported that China's coast guard and navy conducted aggressive maneuvers against Manila's fisheries vessels. The harassment from three Chinese Coast Guard ships and a navy helicopter forced Philippine vessels to halt a scientific survey in the South China Sea.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines accused China on Tuesday of intimidating its fishermen at a disputed South China Sea shoal, and normalizing an “illegal presence,” after Beijing sent its largest coast guard vessel into Manila’s maritime zone.

The United States is not a party to the issue of the South China Sea and has no right to interfere in maritime issues between China and the Philippines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday after Washington and Manila made unwarranted remarks against Beijing.

The Philippine government launched a comic book Friday asserting its claims in the disputed South China Sea, amid rising tensions

The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessels faced "harassment" from three Chinese Coast Guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter, forcing them to suspend survey operations, the Philippine coast guard said.