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Duterte holds off VFA abrogation for another 6 months

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 09:03 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to extend the suspension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement between Manila and Washington, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, as Beijing's threat in the West Philippine Sea remains.  Read more »

Biden calls for enduring PH-US cooperation on global health, security

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 09:56 AM

MANILA— United States President Joe Biden on Saturday called for continued cooperation with the Philippines in the areas of global health and security, sending well wishes to Manila as it marked Independence Day.  Read more »

Fil-Ams urge US to suspend security aid to PH over rights record

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Jun 12 07:18 AM

NEW JERSEY - A coalition of Filipino-American human rights advocates is urging the US to suspend its security aid to the Philippines due to the Duterte administration's alleged human rights violations. Read more »

US commander blasts China's 'nefarious activities' in South China Sea

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 05:55 PM

The commander of the United States Pacific Air Forces has confirmed that the US Air Force has been conducting reconnaissance sorties in the Indo-Pacific region, including the South China Sea, criticizing China for its "nefarious activities" in the waters.  Read more »

Biden wants to meet Duterte, says Manila envoy as VFA hangs in balance

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 04:15 PM

US leader Joe Biden hopes to meet President Rodrigo Duterte in person, an envoy of the Philippines said on Monday, as a troop deal between the two countries hung in the balance.   Read more »

US coronavirus vaccine donation to affect VFA fate? 'Let's await', says Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 03 12:22 PM

Malacañang on Monday advised the public to wait whether or not a donation of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States would affect its troops deal with the Philippines. Read more »

Trillanes to Duterte: Nobody stopping you from sending PH ships to Scarborough Shoal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 03:58 PM

"5 taon na siyang nakaupo diyan," said Trillanes. Read more »

US shares concern over illegal, unregulated fishing in West Philippine Sea

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 02:14 PM

In a virtual media roundtable on Earth Day, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law said Washington is also working with Manila to “strengthen the country’s maritime domain awareness and ability to secure its territory.”   Read more »

US tells citizens: Do not travel to PH amid fresh COVID-19 surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 03:01 PM

The US State Department on Tuesday issued a travel advisory telling its citizens to avoid traveling to the Philippines as the Southeast Asian country grapples with a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections. Read more »

Ex-DFA chief to Duterte: Reject war narrative in defending West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 07:32 PM

Former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to stop using the "narrative of war" in defending the West Philippine Sea as there are other ways the country could assert its rights in the disputed area.  Read more »

US gives add'l $3.5M worth of support to Philippines' COVID-19 inoculation drive

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 06:45 PM

The United States through its development agency announced Thursday it would provide additional $3.5 million to further support the Philippines' vaccination programs via the COVAX facility. Read more »

Philippines keeping 'options open' on South China Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 11:24 PM

MANILA - The Philippine defense department said Thursday it was keeping "all our options open" as a diplomatic row with Beijing grows over hundreds of Chinese vessels in the contested South China Sea. Read more »

Locsin seeks concessions on Beijing trip

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 02 03:22 PM

Manila has demanded more than 200 Chinese vessels leave Whitsun Reef as a South China Sea dispute again threatens to escalate into confrontation. Read more »

US, Philippine officials discuss Chinese activities at Julian Felipe Reef

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 01 11:32 AM

The national security advisers for the United States and the Philippines discussed their shared concerns over Chinese activities in the South China Sea in a call on Wednesday, the White House said.   Read more »

PH should leverage defense pact with US amid China intrusion in West PH Sea - analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 09:50 AM

The Philippines should leverage its defense treaty with the US as deterrence against China's latest incursion near Julian Felipe Reef, an analyst said Thursday. Read more »

Fake driver's license with Duterte photo confiscated in California: police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 10:49 PM

A division of the Los Angeles Police Department in California said this week said it found a fake driver's license with a photo of President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

Read the Constitution, Lacson tells Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:29 PM

Read the Constitution. That's the advice given by Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson to President Rodrigo Duterte after the chief executive questioned the role of senators in international agreements entered into by the Philippines. Read more »

US converting Subic into military base? DND, AFP mum on Duterte remark

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 07:26 PM

MANILA - Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces chief-of-staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana on Tuesday declined to answer questions from the media about President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest statement against the United States, saying the superpower was “slowly converting Subic into an American base” once again. Read more »

Duterte bumuwelta sa banat na tila kinikikilan niya ang Amerika

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 07:14 PM

Bumuwelta si Pangulong Duterte sa pahayag na tila kinikikilan niya ang Amerika.  Read more »

No offer, no inquiry from US on Duterte's payment demand for VFA: Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 03:09 PM

The United States has yet to make an offer or an inquiry on President Rodrigo Duterte's demand for Washington to "pay" for a troop deal with Manila, Malacañang said on Tuesday.    Read more »