US, Japan, Philippines stage navy drills in disputed waters

The United States, Japan and the Philippines last week staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese

Former President Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila on an ICC warrant over drug killings

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of crimes against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns

Manila confident Trump will continue military patrols in disputed sea

The Philippines’ top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence yesterday that President Donald Trump’s new administration would continue military patrols in the disputed South China Sea

Philippine authorities arrest more than 400 people in suspected cybercrime hub

More than 400 people, half of them from China, were arrested by Philippine authorities in a raid on a suspected online gambling and scam hub in a busy

Japan and Philippines agree to deepen defense ties

Japan and the Philippines agreed yesterday to further deepen their defense collaboration and talk about protecting shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over China’s

French aircraft carrier stages combat drills with Filipinos in disputed sea

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships were in the Philippines yesterday after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in

PLA says it warned off Philippine aircraft over island

China’s military said Tuesday it warned off and expelled a Philippine C-208 aircraft that had entered airspace over a South China Sea island. Tian Junli,

Philippine village battles dengue by offering bounties for mosquitos — dead or alive

A village in the densely populated Manila region launched a battle against dengue yesterday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos — dead or alive. The

Chinese navy helicopter flying ‘too close’ to Philippine patrol plane

A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet of a Philippine patrol plane yesterday in a disputed area of the South China Sea, as the Filipino pilot warned

VP Duterte asks Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block Senate trial

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court yesterday to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office.

Police help would-be victims avoid online love scams on Valentine’s Day

Australian and Philippine authorities took steps on Valentine’s Day to help would-be victims avoid hurting their “hearts and bank accounts” in online love scams. The Australian

Marcos Jr. thanks Cambodia for pardoning 13 Filipino women convicted of illegal surrogacy

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. thanked Cambodia’s king yesterday for granting a royal pardon last year to 13 Filipino women who were convicted of illegally serving as

US Marine from California identified as one of 4 people killed in plane crash

A U.S. Marine from California was identified by military officials Sunday as one of four people killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a

A flurry of international naval drills around the Philippines prompts complaints from Beijing

A flurry of naval drills surrounding the Philippines involving the United States and its partners has prompted complaints from Beijing, which claims the entire South China Sea and

Vice president impeached by House, faces Senate trial

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives yesterday after more than the required number of legislators, many of them allies of the

Philippines accuses China’s forces of harassing fisheries vessels

Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the

China is pushing the Philippines ‘to the wall’ with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says

A Philippine security official said yesterday that China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea and warned that “all options

Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue

Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched yesterday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said

Beijing says Philippine plan to deploy midrange missiles would be ‘extremely irresponsible’

China said a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions. The Philippines top army official told

Woman on death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and ‘miracle’ transfer

Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a

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