Next week’s U.S.-Philippines-Japan summit comes against the backdrop of heightened tensions between Manilla and Beijing in the South China Sea, known as the West Philippines Sea in the Philippines. Last month alone saw two incidents of China’s so- called “gray zone” activities, with Chinese ships colliding with Philippines Coast Guard vessels on March 5 and blasting a Philippines supply boat with a water cannon on March 23. These disputes in the West Philippines Sea an issue on which U.S., Japanese and Philippine interests closely align will feature prominently when President Joe Biden, Philippine President Ferdinando Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida meet in Washington on April 11.
Despite concerns about the newly signed Executive Order (EO) 57, the House Committee on National Defense and Security on Tuesday expressed all-out support for P
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A YouTube video suggests that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared war against China,and that he will be expelling the Chinese ambassador. This is not true.
Accepting defence and maritime security donations from foreign powers would be ‘the fuel to never-ending conflict’, said Senator Imee Marcos, sister to President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.