Tag: international relations

Given its proximity to Taiwan and its surrounding waters, the Philippines' cooperation would be key in the event of a conflict with China

“Preserving regional security has become a key consensus shared by national leaders”

The defense department said it had directed the armed forces "to strengthen the country's presence in the West Philippine Sea"

Harris will visit Palawan as part of a two-nation Asia trip that includes filling in for President Joe Biden at an APEC summit in Bangkok

The fishing ground, tapped by generations of Filipinos, is one of many potential flashpoints for military conflict over the South China Sea

In 1938, President Manuel Quezon directed Executive Secretary Jorge Vargas to review the status of Scarborough Shoal

Extracting what is rightfully ours at Recto can bring us to war. If we must fight, should it not be for our sovereignty?

Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi ripping up a series of talks and cooperation agreements with Washington

Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Philippines -- a treaty-bound ally of the United States -- since Marcos took office

The military exercises saw China fire ballistics missiles and deploy both fighter jets and warships around Taiwan