Asean defence ministers to meet in Jakarta to discuss regional challenges, including the rising tensions over the territorial disputes in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines.
Human rights campaigner and former senator Leila De Lima, 64, was arrested in 2017 on narcotics-related charges she says were fabricated to silence her.
Revised rules empower President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to accept or reject nominees for top officials of the firm managing the Maharlika Investment Fund.
The coastguard said it would continue its supply missions to troops stationed in Second Thomas Shoal despite the increasing number of Chinese ships in the area.
China’s latest action raises tit-for-tat to new level as Manila deepens military cooperation with the US and threatens to invoke the mutual defence treaty. This escalation should come as no surprise to the Philippines, given it has chosen to draw closer to the US militarily.