The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said it respected the US Navy’s decision to relieve four officers after one of its vessels damaged the Tubbataha Reefs but stressed that Manila needed to conduct its own probe of the incident.
The government will make sure the United States makes good on its pledge to compensate the Philippines for the damage inflicted by a US Navy ship on the Tubbataha Reef marine sanctuary, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday.
The United States’ (US) use of unmanned aerial vehicles or “drones” in the Philippines violates national sovereignty, a militant group said Tuesday.
The left-wing militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Tuesday questioned the presence of another United States nuclear attack submarine in Subic Bay, the USS North Carolina, as it was ” misleading the public” and was made to appear that the port call “nothing out of the ordinary.”
The obscure 2002 Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) between the Philippines and the United States may be the key to an increased US military presence in the country, according to the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan).
The obscure 2002 Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) between the Philippines and the United States may hold the key to the increased US military access to the country, according to the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan).
“To honor the people of Samar who fought valiantly for freedom” during the Philippine-American War, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it would aggressively pursue diplomatic efforts for the return of the Balangiga bells that were carted away by American troops during their occupation of the Eastern Visayas province more than 110 years ago. [...]
Vice President Jejomar Binay and the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) want to hear the peal of the bells of Balangiga soon, as they urged the United States government to “heed the voice of the Filipino people.” In a statement, Binay expressed optimism the US Congress would pass a pending resolution calling for the [...]
