Category: Philippines
US, Philippines start naval drills near China-claimed waters
The United States and the Philippines kicked off joint naval exercises Thursday in the South China Sea near waters claimed by Beijing, amid tense territorial rows between [...]
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US scales down anti-terror taskforce in Philippines
The United States is scaling down a taskforce that has been training Philippine troops to hunt down local Al-Qaeda extremists, Manila’s defence chief said Thursday. The [...]
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APNewsBreak: US ends Philippines anti-terror force
After more than a decade of helping fight Islamic militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the southern [...]
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Abandoned children fear as US troops eye Philippines
When the last US ship pulled out of the Philippines’ Subic naval base more than two decades ago, a desperate young woman’s hopes of finding her father sailed away [...]
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Thailand to attract more GCC visitors
Thailand is ramping up its efforts to attract tourists from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries following the recent lifting of a night-time curfew, which was [...]
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Philippines hit by quake of magnitude 5.6 – USGS
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck off the coast of the Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday, around 400 km (250 miles) from Manila, the capital, the US Geological [...]
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Manila Gives Thumbs-Up to Japan’s Defense Reforms
In a Tokyo meeting with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Philippine President Benigno Aquino expressed his support for Abe’s attempt to circumvent a constitutional [...]
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Philippines seeks 4-nation meeting in sea disputes
The Philippines has revived its plan to call a meeting among four Asean claimants – itself, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei – to disputed islands in the South China [...]
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The Black Presence in The Philippines?
Although the great majority of the people of the Philippines today are Tagalog, the country is not racially monolithic. In spite of their small numbers today the original [...]
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Philippines, Vietnam to Deepen Military Cooperation
Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to deepen military cooperation at a time when both Southeast Asian countries find themselves embroiled in disputes with China in the [...]
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The US State Department Slavery Report: Did the Philippines Get the Right Grade?
The United States political regime is a fusion of liberalism and imperialism, and its State Department exhibits this contradiction. While most of its functions are [...]
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Fellow Marcia Czarina Corazon Medina-Guce on Reform in the Philippines
In Asia editor Alma Freeman recently interviewed Philippine local governance leader Marcia Czarina Corazon Medina-Guce on President Aquino’s ambitious reform agenda and [...]
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Philippine leader, Muslim rebel chief hold surprise talks
Philippine President Benigno Aquino held a surprise meeting in Japan with the country’s top Muslim rebel to address growing concerns over delays in implementing a peace [...]
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Celebrity senator gets not guilty plea in Manila
One of three Philippine senators accused of plunder refused to enter a plea Thursday during arraignment by the anti-graft court in the biggest corruption trial in the country [...]
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APNewsBreak: US Ends Philippines Anti-Terror Force
After more than a decade of helping fight al-Qaida-linked militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the [...]
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