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After announcing the exemption of the United States military aid to the Philippines from the global aid freeze by the Trump administration, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said that they are now working on continued health and education assistance from its...

​China has claimed that the Philippines' seeking of military funding from the United States "will only lead to greater insecurity" of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. It also said that doing so will only turn the Philippines into someone else's cheese piece. Lin Jian, spokesman for...

The Philippines will receive $500 million in foreign military financing from the United States as Washington's help for Manila's efforts to modernize its military and the coast guard. "This level of funding is unprecedented," said US Defense chief Lloyd Austin after the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue...