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Japan is expected to deploy its hypersonic “ship killer” missile system when it is commissioned next year to deter perceived threats from Beijing in the South China Sea, in a move observers say will help boost security for the Philippines given a recently signed reciprocal deal.
Malaysia’s foreign ministry said Russia will back the Southeast Asian country’s application to join the Brics economic bloc as Moscow looks to expand its influence into the Global South.
MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippines is allocating 256.1 billion pesos ($4.38 billion) for defense spending in 2025, the budget ministry said on Monday, up 6.4% from this year's budget as the country seeks to modernize and boost its external defenses.
TANZA, Philippines (Reuters) -- An oil spill from a marine tanker that capsized off the coast of Manila Bay in the Philippines has reached the shores of a nearby fishing village, threatening the health and livelihood of fishermen, as efforts began to mop up the fuel.
Don McLain Gill is a Philippines-based geopolitical analyst, author, and lecturer at the Department of International Studies, De La Salle University.
TOKYO -- The Philippines is seeking Japanese and American lenders to put on track a 50-billion-peso ($850 million) freight railway project from which China withdrew, the head of the Philippine redevelopment authority for former U.S. military bases said in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia.
MANILA -- First there was J-pop. Then South Korea stole the spotlight with K-pop. Now, breakout Philippine idol group Bini is on the verge of elevating "P-pop" to a worldwide commercial and cultural sensation.
“We’re going to see, I think, for the first time in recent memory, the West Philippine Sea and foreign policy becoming [some of the top] issues that will define upcoming elections,” Manila-based political analyst Richard Heydarian said at a forum last Wednesday, calling the country’s maritime row with Beijing “emotionally charged”.