President Marcos on Monday, April 15, said that Japan’s inclusion in future Balikatan Exercises, an annual military activity between the armed forces of the Philippines and the United States, is a “good move.” Balikatan Exercise (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Now with the...
There will be no more additional sites to which American troops would have access under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), President Marcos said on Monday, April 15. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) Answering...
President Marcos on Monday, April 15, made it clear that if any Filipino serviceman would be killed in an attack in the West Philippine Sea, the United States would step in to defend the Philippines. As gray zone operations—or activities that fall short of being called as war—continue...
China on Friday decried being smeared by the Philippines, the United States and Japan as the leaders of the three nations expressed serious concerns about Beijing’s aggressive actions in the South and East China Seas. China’s embassy in Manila said that the historic trilateral meeting among...
President Marcos told former president Rodrigo Duterte that he was willing to sit down with him to talk about his alleged secret deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the West Philippine Sea. File photos of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (right) and former president Rodrigo...
President Marcos is optimistic that his trilateral meeting with US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will result in sustained peace and stability in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joseph Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister...
The Chinese government has summoned the Philippines’ envoy to Beijing over supposed negative remarks about China. The Chinese embassy in Manila confirmed Friday, April 12, that China’s Foreign Ministry Director General for the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong met with Philippine...
China’s embassy in Manila on Friday, April 12, said the defense pact between the Philippines and the United States will not affect Beijing, which asserts that its aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea are justifiable. “The US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty will not move us a...
Any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or its military in the South China Sea would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), United States President Joe Biden pronounced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Biden made the...
The Philippines, the United States and Japan announced Friday, April 12, the formal establishment of a trilateral maritime cooperation to safeguard their peoples at sea as their leaders expressed concern about China’s dangerous and coercive actions both in the South and the East China Seas....
Despite repeatedly conducting dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the waters, China believes “there is no issue with regard to the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea,” questioning the moves by the Philippines and its allies to form multilateral maritime cooperation....
China conducted its own “combat patrols” in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, April 7, the same day joint naval drills were conducted by the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and Australia. A statement published on state-owned Global Times said that the “Southern Theater...
