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Duterte says he wants to 'hear the people' regarding what to do with VFA

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Updated as of Feb 24 10:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he wanted to "hear the people" on what he should do with the Philippines' Visiting Forces Agreement with the US.    Read more »

Philippines on losing end if it abrogates VFA, says former envoy

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Posted at Feb 19 10:35 AM

The Philippines will be on the losing end if it abrogates the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, a former diplomat said Friday. Read more »

Palace rebuffs Lacson over VFA row: Duterte has read 1987 Constitution

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Posted at Feb 17 12:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has read the constitution even before Sen. Panfilo Lacson urged him to do so over their disagreement on the Visiting Forces Agreement, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Read the Constitution, Lacson tells Duterte

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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

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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 »

Duterte told to go after Mutual Defense Treaty if he wants reset of PH-US relations

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 02:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should go after the Mutual Defense Treaty of the Philippines and the United States if he wants the latter to keep its end of the agreement, a military and political analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

Lacson tells Duterte over VFA feud: Read the 1987 Constitution

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Updated as of Feb 16 01:48 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday told President Rodrigo Duterte to read the 1987 Constitution after the latter bristled over his extortion remark and questioned the lawmaker's role in international agreements. Read more »

Duterte blasts Robredo, Lacson over US 'extortion' criticisms in VFA threat

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 02:35 AM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said the Chief Executive is the sole architect of the country's foreign policy according to law, days after he demanded the US must pay money if it wants to keep its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the Philippines.   Read more »

Palace denies 'extortion' after Duterte demands US payment over VFA

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Updated as of Feb 15 05:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte seeks "just compensation" for a troops deal with the United States, Malacañang said on Monday, denying an alleged "extortion" from the Philippines' only treaty ally. Read more »

Tough on US, soft on China? Palace says Duterte being good neighbor to Beijing

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Posted at Feb 15 04:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte seeks to be a good neighbor to Beijing, Malacañang said on Monday, in connection to his recent pronouncements on China and its rival US.  Read more »

Duterte threat to US over VFA gives impression PH a 'nation of extortionists': Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 09:40 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte asking the US to "pay" if it wants to keep the Visiting Forces Agreement may give the impression that the Philippines is a "nation of extortionists," Senator Panfilo Lacson said Sunday. Read more »

Duterte tells US: Want to keep VFA? You have to pay

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 05:26 PM

Duterte said on Friday the US must "pay" a certain toll if it wanted to keep its Visiting Forces Agreement with Philippines, a pact central to Washington's Asia strategy. Read more »

Lorenzana: PH military won't join US troops in South China Sea drills

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Posted at Feb 11 10:58 PM

The Philippine defense chief conveyed to the US his continued support for a military pact which President Rodrigo Duterte earlier wanted scrapped. Read more »

PH military keen to keep visiting forces deal with US - Lorenzana

Karen Lema, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 02:43 PM

The Philippines defense apparatus wants to keep a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its defense minister said on Thursday, as officials met to settle differences over a pact central to Washington's Asia strategy. Read more »

Philippines says to meet US to iron out differences on VFA

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 08 05:19 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippines and the United States will meet this month to iron out differences over a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Manila's top diplomat said, amid renewed regional concerns over China's assertive maritime agenda. Read more »

Palace: 'Nothing wrong' with Duterte's 'no COVID-19 vaccine, no defense deal' threat vs US

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Posted at Dec 28 02:22 PM

Malacañang said on Monday there was "nothing wrong" with President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to scrap a defense deal with the US if it fails to supply the Philippines with vaccines against the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Duterte to US: Deliver COVID-19 vaccine to PH or forget about VFA

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 09:57 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would end the country's military pact with the United States if it fails to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

Palace: Philippines wants no part in US-China power struggle

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 03:58 PM

The Philippines does "not want to take part" in a power struggle between the US and China, Malacañang said Tuesday, after Beijing accused Washington of "creating chaos" in Asia.    Read more »