Australia to provide surveillance drones to Philippines

Australia will provide surveillance drones and other high-tech gear to the Philippine coast guard and is considering whether to take part in joint patrols in the disputed

Court acquits former justice secretary of drug charges

A former Philippine opposition senator and justice secretary was acquitted of drug charges after key witnesses recanted and said they had lied about her involvement in narcotics

Two nations ‘ironclad’ partners amid China tension: Biden

President Joe Biden reiterated U.S. commitment to the Philippines’ security and noted the “deep friendship” of the two nations as he hosted Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

US, Filipino forces show power in drills amid China tensions

American and Filipino forces pummeled a ship with a barrage of high-precision rockets, airstrikes and artillery fire in their largest war drills yesterday in Philippine waters facing

Explorers find Japanese ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs

A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the

China warns as US, Philippines stage combat drills

China warned yesterday that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in

US, Philippines hold largest war drills near disputed waters

American and Filipino forces yesterday launched their largest combat exercises in decades to be highlighted by a ship-sinking rocket barrage in waters across the disputed South

Ferry fire kills 31 people; at least 7 missing

A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight hours, killing at least 31 of the approximately 250 passengers and

Police seize large stash of drugs in tea bags

Philippine police seized more than 500 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine concealed in tea bags yesterday and arrested a suspected Chinese drug dealer in a northern mountain

Drivers strike over plan to remove aging jeepneys

Philippine transport groups launched a nationwide strike yesterday to protest a government program drivers fear would phase out traditional jeepneys, which have become a cultural icon, and

Marcos Jr. urges military to focus on South China Sea

The Philippine president said the main mission of his country’s military has changed to ensure the protection of its territory as disputes with China and U.S.-China rivalry

Police hunting killers of New Zealand tourist

A The 34-year-old tourist, Nicholas Peter Stacey, was fatally shot once in the chest while trying to wrest a pistol from one of the two robbers

Yesterday, Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and chief of staff Lieutenant-General Fidel Ramos accused the president of planning to arrest leaders of the opposition. They called on

Marcos: China laser not enough to activate US defense pact

The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in

US renews warning it’ll defend Philippines after China spat

The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, after a

Philippines says China ship used laser to hinder coast guard

The Philippines yesterday accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its

US forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

Once-secret ammunition bunkers and barracks lay abandoned, empty and overrun by weeds — vestiges of American firepower in what used to be the United States’ largest overseas naval

Washington, Manila agree on larger American military presence

The United States and the Philippines announced an agreement yesterday to expand America’s military presence in the Southeast Asian country, with U.S. forces granted access to four

Court voids oil exploration pact involving Beijing

The Philippine Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a 2005 pact by China, the Philippines and Vietnam to jointly explore for oil in the disputed South China Sea,

Defense chief quits in latest security shakeup

The acting Philippine defense chief has resigned, officials said yesterday, in the latest in a series of top-level changes in the country’s security establishment that has sparked

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