Duterte’s February 2020 decision (retracted in June), to terminate the US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), and his February 2021 statement asking the US to pay up if it wants to keep the VFA active, are tell-tale signs that all is still not well between Manila and Washington....
In recent years, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has a dominant figure within ASEAN. Yet Duterte has been mired in controversy, coming under fire for his human rights record and, especially, too cozyrelationswith China. Last year, with the Philippines holding the organization’s rotating annual...
Since July 12, two years after the Philippines won its arbitration case against China, a lot of banners with the words "Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China" have appeared overnight on footbridges in Metro Manila, the Philippines, which is a possible reference to a joke by President...
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"I'm warning you. This is the first time. (If you do not correct that) one: I will terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement," Duterte said in a speech in Leyte province. Duterte made the threat after the U.S. cancelled the U.S. visa of Dela Rosa, Duterte's former police chief who...
The younger Duterte has expressed openness to run for the top post, and has been leading polls for the presidency. She has also discussed with former senator Ferdinand Marcos how she can help his presidential bid, ABS-CBN reported on Oct 24, citing her. ...
Nevertheless, Duterte has expressed confidence that he could make the rebels agree to a peace agreement during his term which ends in June 2022. The rebels have been trying to overthrow the government since 1969. The conflict peaked in the 1980s, under the government of Ferdinand Marcos. Howeve...
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