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Scrap PH-US treaty? Let’s see - Lorenzana

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 01:49 PM

MANILA - Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the possible review of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States may also result in its scrapping as he questioned whether the pact remains relevant to this day. Read more »

EDCA, VFA ipinrotesta sa anibersaryo ng Fil-Am War

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Updated as of Aug 21 06:24 PM

MAYNILA - Nagmartsa papunta sa Embahada ng Estados Unidos ang ilang grupo ng kabataan ngayong Linggo, Pebrero 4, komemorasyon ng Fil-Am War. Read more »

Militanteng kabataan, kinalampag ang US Embassy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 03:16 PM

Muntik nang makalapit ang ilang mga militanteng kabataan sa mismong gate ng US Embassy sa Roxas Boulevard, sa lungsod ng Maynila. Read more »

How Manila is doubling down on Beijing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 01:05 PM

Historian Manolo Quezon joins [email protected] on Wednesday to weigh in on Manila's propaganda coup against Beijing. Read more »

Pagtatayo ng 'arms depot' sa Pilipinas, itinanggi ng U.S.

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 05:35 PM

Itinanggi ng Amerika na nagtatayo sila ng imbakan ng armas sa Pilipinas gaya ng paratang ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

US envoy: We are not building a weapons depot in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 04:42 PM

The United States is not building a weapons depot in the Philippines, contradicting President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that the superpower is risking regional stability by building permanent arms depots here.  Read more »

AFP belies Duterte claim US building arms depots in PH

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Updated as of Jan 31 01:15 AM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not found any proof that would support President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that the United States is building arms depots in some parts of the country. Read more »

AFP, US Pacific command chiefs weigh future of US-PH military ties

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 05:07 PM

MANILA – Armed Forces of the Philippines Ricardo Visaya met with the chief of the United States Pacific Command (US Pacom) on Tuesday to discuss the future of military cooperation between the two Pacific allies. Read more »

PH, US to determine fate of joint exercises next month

Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 06:19 PM

MANILA - Philippine and US military officials will meet late next month and decide the fate of decades-old joint exercises, defense sources said on Wednesday, amid doubts over the future of the security alliance and a stream of mixed messages from Manila. Read more »

Trump blames Obama for souring PH-US ties

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Posted at Oct 26 09:34 AM

MANILA - US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed US President Barack Obama for a downturn in Washington's relations with the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Duterte tells U.S. to forget EDCA while he is in power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 02:37 AM

Before leaving for Japan, President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed more brash remarks against the United States. Read more »

Duterte rejects diplomat's call to tone down anti-US rhetoric

ANC
Posted at Oct 25 02:21 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday rejected an American diplomat's call to tone down his rhetoric against the United States, saying the US should not treat the Philippines "like a dog on a leash."  Read more »

Duterte to US: Forget EDCA 'if I stay longer'

Kimberly Jane Tan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 02:03 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday lashed out anew against the United States, saying the Western superpower can forget about the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) it signed with the Philippines if he were to be in power longer. Read more »

No PH-US joint patrols in Scarborough: Yasay

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 05:41 PM

The Philippines will not have any joint patrols with American military forces in the Scarborough Shoal during the Duterte administration, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Jr. said Monday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ano ang mga nakapaloob sa EDCA?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 10:15 PM

Naniniwala ang mga eksperto sa foreign relations na kailangang maghunos-dili si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga pahayag kontra sa EDCA.  Read more »

DFA: Too early to see EDCA's benefits

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 08:01 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is still too early to see the benefits of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) since the actual implementation of the new Philippines-US accord was just this year. Read more »

Pagkansela sa EDCA, dapat pag-aralang mabuti, ayon sa mga eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 03:44 AM

Pag-aralang mabuti. Iyan ang payo ng ilang political expert kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

Does EDCA need a president's signature?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 01:45 AM

The ongoing joint military exercises between Philippine and American forces brings to fore the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two allies. Read more »

PH-U.S. war games under way as doubts hang over alliance

Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 05:37 PM

MANILA - The Philippines and the United States launched annual joint military exercises on Tuesday, barely a week after the new president in Manila said they would be the last. Read more »

'A president never signs an int'l agreement (Or why PNoy didn't sign EDCA)'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 01:47 AM

MANILA - Two international law experts took to social media to explain why former President Benigno Aquino III did not affix his signature on the Philippines-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) document. Read more »