The Philippines' high-stakes gamble of offering to remove US medium-range missiles in exchange for China's restraint in contested waterways puts Mani ...

The election will be referendum between pro-US and pro-China camps of the elite, and more than any other factor will be ...

Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the Philippines’ legal victory in the South China Sea ... government under President Rodrigo Duterte swept its arbitral victory under the rug. This allowed ...

PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that he wants to strike a deal with Beijng to end the South China Sea dispute. He made the comments as an aside to his offer of peace with the two ...

Over the past two years, an increasingly confident and belligerent China has thrust its South China ... While Duterte intentionally downplayed the West Philippine Sea security dilemma in exchange ...

President Marcos expressed optimism that the “strong and lasting” Philippine-American alliance would continue as he greeted ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked a sharp rebuke from Beijing over his comments on the South China Sea in one of his first foreign policy statements since taking office.

MANILA, Philippines — Supporters of the Duterte ... Sea. The PCA then gave the award to the Philippines last July 2016, as China’s nine-dash line claim had no legal or historical basis ...

First word WITH the midterm elections on May 12, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will face a referendum on his ...

Manila, a city often gripped by viral political rumour and social media disinformation, was abuzz earlier this month with ...

near Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. AFP In April 2024, a spokesman for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte suggested that the Philippines and China had ...

Harry Roque, former spokesman for former president Rodrigo Duterte ... friendly ties with China”. He added: “Who will now side with [Marcos] Junior [on the South China Sea issue]?” ...