You can have tons of religion without an ounce of salvation.

According to state-media reports, the AFP monitored a training ship and an amphibious transport dock of the PLA Navy which passed through the Basilan Strait on Thursday.

Apart from snatching airdropped supplies, the China Coast Guard or CCG also tried to stop the evacuation of a sick soldier from Ayungin Shoal to Palawan last month.

Results of the poll conducted in March showed that 76% of adult Filipinos view China as the top threat to the country. 

Sen. Francis Tolentino called on the Department of Foreign Affairs to be ready with legal actions against China that threaten to detain trespassers in the South China Sea, which is said to be enforced starting June 15.

The Philippine military said that Chinese boats illegally "seized" food and medicine airdropped to a Filipino outpost in the South China Sea.