The Philippine Coast Guard confiscated a Chinese-made autonomous underwater vessel operating within the country’s waters in the South China Sea over the weekend, marking the latest seizure of Beijing’s subsurface drones by Manila in recent years.

Meghan Marke's father Thomas Markle spoke out after his daughter Samantha Markle said he was stuck in an apartment in the Philippines following a deadly Sept. 30 earthquake.

The earthquake killed at least 69 people, including residents of a village of “disaster-resilient homes” built for people who survived Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

The Pentagon awarded a contract to upgrade the Philippine Navy’s primary base near the South China Sea to support small boats and unmanned surface vessels. New Mexico-based contractor Ace Builders, Inc.

A tropical storm blew out of the central Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 10 dead, knocking down trees and power and prompting the evacuation of more than 433,000 people from landslide- and flood-prone villages long battered by typhoons.