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Lorenzana: PH-US defense pact must be updated amid sea row

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US affirms defense treaty

The head of the US Indo-Pacific Command has affirmed the United States’ commitment to the seven-decades old Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) which the Philippines...

Duterte, Austin renew commitment to bilateral ties

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Why the US won’t go to war with China

"Here’s what former Senate President Enrile thinks. "     China’s continued incursion into the West Philippine Sea and the inability of the Philippine government to stop it...

We have friends ready to help us

"China’s aggression must be stopped and the rule of law must prevail."   China’s renewed swarming maneuvers in our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) have sparked international...

US reaffirms defense treaty, military alliance with PH

The United States government through Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin has reaffirmed its alliance and commitment with the Philippines under the 70-year-old Mutual...

PH not going back to VFA, Locsin asserts

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday shut the door on the revival of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, saying...

Carpio: More Chinese aggression in WPS sans VFA

Terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States will render the Philippines’ other military pacts with Washington useless and would invite further Chinese...

What happens now?

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Defense treaties next to be axed?

President Rodrigo Duterte might also terminate the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States based...

Military modernization an urgent need

"With consistent economic growth, we can now set aside more resources for military modernization that would allow us to maintain a credible defense posture."   We...

Duterte dares US: Take over WPS

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called on the United States to send its Seventh Fleet to the West Philippine Sea, invoking the decades-old Mutual...

We’ll wait

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DFA bucks military pact with China

The Philippines will sign no military agreements with China because maintaining its Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States will guarantee its national security,...
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