The Latest Breaking News from Ferdinand Marcos Jr

At the end of last week, 1,200 Australian troops took part in a joint military exercise in the Philippines with hundreds of Filipino and American forces. Their mission: simulating the retaking of an island by a hostile force, presumably in the South China Sea.

Australian and Filipino forces, backed by U.S. Marines, have practiced retaking an island seized by hostile forces in a large military drill on the northwestern Philippine coast facing the South China Sea

The European Union and the Philippines will restart negotiations on a free-trade agreement as they seek to accelerate "a new era of cooperation", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is holding talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a sign of improving ties after a stormy period between the EU and his predecessor over human rights

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says Southeast Asian countries should be given some latitude to engage informally with Myanmar on an individual basis to help resolve a deepening crisis there

Exodus of nurses due to poor working conditions has prompted Manila to propose hiring unlicensed graduates.

Analysts say Marcos’s rhetorical deftness has helped buoy his administration’s lacklustre performance in public’s eyes.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is to deliver a state-of-the-nation speech after his first year in office, which saw him allow an expanded U.S. military presence and refuse to rejoin the International Criminal Court in a decision that favored his predecessor, whose bloody anti-drugs crackdown was under an ICC investigation

Marcos has stood up to China, and he remains popular, despite running the country ‘under cruise control’, according to one expert