Japan and the Philippines, both facing intensifying territorial disputes with China, are exploring ways to deepen military and security ties. Phili
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Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Like the military’s chief of staff, the director general of the Philippine National Police needs not just competen
Read MorePAGADIAN CITY—US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas warned that the country’s southern areas would remain restricted to Americans unless a “
Read MoreThe catastrophic attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 ripped off a veneer and exposed what was growing beneath the surface: al Qaeda's successful efforts to ta
Read MoreMAGUINDANAO, Philippines– “Political solution is needed to solve the armed conflicts in Mindanao,” said Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairma
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The 80-year-old Gen Jose Almonte was supposed to talk to the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) about our China
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Last week I started to analyze the claims of success—Ganito Tayo Noon, Bakit Nagkaganito Ngayon (This was how we w
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Tourism is the world’s biggest and most exciting industry. Last year, more than a billion tourists spent over $1 t
Read MoreJalandoni bares secret offer to Aquino MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) had secretly offered President Beni
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It didn’t take too long for President Aquino’s meeting with Moro Islamic Liberation Front chieftain Murad Ebrahim
Read MoreBenigno Aquino, president of the Philippines, has arrived in Beijing on a mission to repair relations with China, which have soured amid increased t
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Carjacking and killings have become an almost daily occurrence in Metro Manila, and yet the Philippine National Po
Read MorePhilippine President Benigno Aquino is to welcome the arrival of the Pacific nation's newest warship at an official ceremony Tuesday. Mr. Aquino an
Read MoreMANILA — Gunmen shot dead the host of a political radio show in the Philippines, police said on Tuesday, the latest journalist to be killed in one o
Read MorePeace talks over conflict in the southern Philippines have foundered apparently over a government proposal that gives greater autonomy to Islamic re
Read MoreReporter Alma Mistry from Radio Australia’s “Asia Pacific” (online and radio) segment interviewed The Asia Foundation’s Steven Rood about the results
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Nowhere in the country has the economy-environment tradeoff been more evident than in Mindanao, whose natural weal
Read MoreThe South China Sea has again resurfaced as an area of concern in the region and of attention to the international community. Once again the Philip
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. It seems that the situation in the South China Sea is taking a turn for the worse. The increasingly harsh rhetoric
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