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MANILA: Defence chief Gilberto Teodoro on Friday (Dec 15) said China is attempting to convert the entire China sea into its own lake.
Philippine Department of National Defence (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr is scheduled to meet with United States (US) Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on March 28 at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
MANILA: Stressing that the region is “facing the same threats again,” Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr on Tuesday (Nov 28) warned military veterans of South-east Asian nations against the expansionist moves of “bigger and mightier countries of brute power.”
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would work with allies to ramp up deterrence against threats across the world, including China's aggression in the South China Sea.
The United States is "doubling down" on its alliance with the Philippines, defence chief Pete Hegseth said Friday (March 28) in Manila, in the face of what he called "Communist China's aggression in the region".
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Defence Secretary Gilberto Teoforo admits Philippines needs the help of allies in guarding its territories and in asserting its sovereign rights over areas that are subjects of dispute.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr appointed Teodoro Locsin Jr as Special Envoy of the President to the People’s Republic of China for Special Concerns, according to the Palace on Wednesday (Aug 16).
TOKYO/MANILA/SEOUL: The United States is not going anywhere and stands shoulder to shoulder with its Indo-Pacific allies in facing down regional threats, especially from China.
MANILA: Three Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Teams (PEMATs) are on standby to assist in post-earthquake response operations in Myanmar and Thailand, the country's Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday (March 29), Philippines News Agency (PNA) reported.
Former Philippine foreign minister Teodoro Locsin has been appointed the president's special envoy to Beijing, the government said Wednesday, despite the outspoken diplomat's profanity-laced criticism of China.
A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage.
The Philippines and its security allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defence zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Wednesday (March 6), following confrontations between Chinese aircraft and those of his country, Australia and the United States.
BEIJING: China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday (March 28), the day US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Manila, which disputes some of Beijing's claims in the waterway.
MANILA: "The Philippines is no one's chess piece. We are an independent country."
MANILA: (Bernama-PNA) The Department of National Defence (DND) on Thursday (Feb 27) announced that the Philippines and Malaysia have reaffirmed their commitment to bolstering defence relations, the Philippine News Agency reported.
The Philippine and US militaries kicked off joint exercises involving a combined 5,000 troops, Manila said, days before new US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth was set to visit the South-East Asian country.
The Philippine and US militaries kicked off joint exercises involving a combined 5,000 troops on Monday, Manila said, days before new US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was set to visit the South-East Asian country.
MANILA: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine official said on Friday (March 21).
An "increasingly severe" security environment has made deepening security ties with the Philippines a necessity, Japan's defence chief said after a meeting with his counterpart in Manila.
BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Dec 25) condemned comments by the Philippine defence minister about China, calling them "baseless accusations" that "maliciously attacked" China's ruling Communist Party.
