Several senatorial aspirants from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration slate have reaffirmed their commitment to ...

The Philippines, US, Australia and Japan held joint military drills as China continues to assert sweeping territorial claims ...

Militaries from the Philippines, United States, and Canada participated Wednesday in a joint exercise within the Southeast ...

The defense heads of the Philippines and the United States (US) tackled restoring deterrence in South China following recent ...

West Philippine Sea and South China Sea are not the same. West Philippine Sea refers to waters inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which, by international law, are waters up to 200 ...

Newly appointed US defence chief Pete Hegseth has reassured the Philippines that Washington remains “ironclad” in standing by ...

The Canadian ambassador says his country and the Philippines are in the final stages of negotiating a key defense pact that ...

“The leaders discussed the importance of reestablishing deterrence in the South China Sea ... the country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea. “We don’t have the means to drive away.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to a mutual defense treaty with the ...

A maritime law expert on Sunday stressed that the West Philippine Sea is an official designation, countering a House lawmaker ...

MANILA, Philippines – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. spoke about the “importance of reestablishing deterrence in the South China Sea” in their ...

Manila already has similar visiting forces agreements with the United States and Japan, and is also in talks with France and New Zealand in the face of China’s growing assertion of claims to the West ...