Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo is inclined to boost the Philippines’ bilateral relations with African nations as he is set to visit the continent for the first time since assuming the top diplomat post. Manalo will be in Uganda from Jan. 19 to 20 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)...
(L-R) Sebastien Lecornu, French Minister for the Armed Forces, and Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sign a Letter of Intent on Dec. 2, 2023 in Taguig City for the planned establishment of a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOFVA) between the two countries. (Photo...
The minister of the French Armed Forces will be coming to Manila to enhance the Philippines and France’s ties in the Indo-Pacific. French Minister Sébastien Lecornu will visit the country on Saturday, Dec. 2, to engage in a high-level meeting and working lunch with Department of National Defense...
Two Chinese fighter aircraft appear as small, black dots while they orbit above the flight route of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Super Tucano A-29B aircraft while the latter conducts an aerial patrol over the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 26, 2023 as part of the Philippines-Australia maritime...
BRP Davao del Sur (center) and BRP Gregorio del Pilar (back) hold a maritime cooperative activity with Australia's HMAS Toowoomba in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo by Australian Defence Force) The joint patrol by the Philippines and Australia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) not...
The Philippine government is using all “diplomatic means” possible for the safe and eventual release of some 17 Filipino seafarers held captive by the Yemeni rebel group Houthi in the Red Sea. In a news forum in Quezon City, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega assured that several...
(L-R) Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo courtesy of DND) After concluding its joint patrol with the United States military in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippines kicked...
The Philippines and Australia have launched a Maritime Cooperative Activity that aims to enhance the maritime bilateral interoperability of the two countries. Pexels In his X (formerly Twitter) account, President Marcos said the activity between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the...
The Philippines and the United States are in the middle of discussions on further coordination in the military, political, and economic spheres. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. visits the United States Indo-Pacific Command Headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii on Nov. 19, 2023. (Photo courtesy...
The Philippines should not become the next battleground of world super powers. That is why, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III it is critical for the Senate to ensure that the proposed Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the Philippines and Japan be an authentic pact that...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida believes that the relationship between Japan and the Philippines is now in its “golden age”, and it is his desire to further deepen the two countries’ cooperation. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. toasts with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the Philippines will pave the way for stronger economic and security cooperation between the two nations, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. “Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the country couldn’t be more timely given recent...
