Filipino troops followed up by firing rockets aimed at wearing down the attackers, before the two forces finished the job with machine guns, Javelin missiles and more artillery rounds. Lieutenant …
During the still ongoing Philippines-US Balikatan joint military exercises, both sides fired a dozen rockets in the direction of the South China Sea to answer what they see as Beijing’s …
Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin met on Thursday with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines as the US deepens ties with an emerging regional group that Pentagon officials …
3. Hong Kong marks Labour Day with fireworks, but display fizzles out for some The fireworks were set to the music of the daily “Symphony of Lights” multimedia show. Photo: …
New Zealand is “seriously concerned” by China’s increased interest in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said. “China has a long-standing presence in the Pacific, but we are seriously concerned …
“This is quite a distance and we are only firing within our maritime zones and our territory,” he added. On April 22, more than 16,000 troops from the US and …
“We are confident that there will be no new major changes,” Romualdez said, as quoted by the Manila-based Daily Tribune newspaper. Is the Philippines becoming a US ‘proxy’ against Beijing …
The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it summoned a senior Chinese embassy official over the “harassment of Philippine vessels” in the South China Sea. “The Philippines protested the …
The Philippines is weighing a new approach in the South China Sea, its defence chief said after another encounter between its vessels and Chinese coastguard ships firing water cannons – …
Duterte responded to his critics by denying that he had ever struck a “gentlemen’s deal” with Xi that would entail forfeiting his country’s territorial rights, but argued that Beijing was …