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OPINION: Paving the way for China’s occupation of Scarborough Shoal?

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 02 12:23 PM

US military presence in the country has been an effective deterrence to China’s plan to occupy Scarborough Shoal. What will deter them once the Mutual Defense Treaty is scrapped? Read more »

PH, US eye 'improved' VFA - envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 04:40 PM

MANILA - The Philippines and the United States are in talks for the crafting of an "improved" Visiting Forces Agreement after Manila moved to abrogate the military pact this month, the country's top diplomat in Washington said Friday.   Read more »

Carpio: VFA termination renders other military pacts with US 'useless'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 04:02 PM

Terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with its longtime ally the United States will render other military pacts useless, retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Friday, a move that will make the Philippines vulnerable to possible armed aggression. Read more »

'National tragedy': Ex-top diplomat calls for action vs VFA termination

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 02:07 PM

MANILA - A former top diplomat on Wednesday called for public action against President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to terminate the Philippines' Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, urging Congress and the Supreme Court to take the lead.  Read more »

Senate to review VFA, other defense pacts

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 07:35 PM

The review will cover the VFA with the US and Australia, the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), Senate Committee on Foreign Relations chair Aquilino Pimentel III told reporters.   Read more »

DOJ to assess impact of scrapping VFA to other US military deals

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 12:00 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday his agency would expand its study on the possible termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement following orders from Malacañang.   Read more »

ANALYSIS: The bigger picture in Duterte’s VFA outburst

Romel Regalado Bagares*, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 24 05:28 PM

May President Duterte unilaterally abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement without the consent of the Senate? Read more »

US delivers new rifles to the Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 06:38 PM

MANILA - The United States delivered military hardware the Philippines acquired Wednesday, part of efforts to upgrade the armed forces. Read more »

Duterte's call for US defense treaty is another sarcasm: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 03:16 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for the United States to enforce its Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines amid the maritime tension in the disputed West Philippine Sea was just another "sarcasm," Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Carpio: Duterte invoking PH-US defense treaty another 'jetski' joke

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 06:12 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte was "just joking" when he said the United States should enforce its Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines amid maritime tensions in the disputed West Philippine Sea.   Read more »

'I'm calling now America': Duterte invokes defense treaty with US

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 05:51 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the United States government should enforce its Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines amid the maritime tension in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Read more »

ANC Soundbytes: Should the Mutual Defense Treaty be reviewed?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 11:37 PM

Security and maritime experts weigh in on the need to review the country's existing Mutual Defense Treaty with the US. #ANCAlerts Read more »

Locsin, Pompeo discuss Mutual Defense Treaty

Andrew Harnik, Pool/AFP
Posted at Mar 01 06:26 PM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr speak after a news conference at the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs Home Office in Manila on Friday. Read more »