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The Latest Breaking News from Manila

Blinken Says US To Provide $500 Mn In Military Funding To Philippines

The United States will provide $500 million in military funding to the Philippines, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as Washington boosts ties with Manila in the face of China's growing assertiveness.

International Business Times

Blinken, Austin Hold Defence Talks With Philippine Counterparts

US foreign and defence ministers met their Philippine counterparts in Manila on Tuesday, with Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea likely to dominate talks.

International Business Times

US boosting alliance with the Philippines with military funding and pact amid concern over China

A Philippine official says Washington officials in Manila for talks will announce $500 million in funding to boost Philippine defenses and progress in a proposed military pact

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Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters

Last week, a strong typhoon left a trail of destruction across the Philippines, Taiwan and China. Super Typhoon Gaemi began as a tropical storm but intensified rapidly, leaving at least 65 people dead and triggering environmental fears after it sank an oil tanker in Manila Bay.

The Conversation

The Philippines says a cargo of oil has started to leak from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay

Philippine authorities say the cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts

The Independent UK

Divers Attempt To Reach Sunken Philippine Oil Tanker

Divers will attempt Saturday to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said.

International Business Times

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'

The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out

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Philippine Coast Guard Races To Prevent Major Oil Spill

Tanker sinking in Manila Bay prompts environmental concerns and response efforts by Philippine coast guard.

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Tensions Rise As Manila And Beijing Clash In South China Sea

Learn about the escalating tensions in the South China Sea as conflicting reports emerge on an interim deal for stranded Philippine marines.

Al Jazeera

Marcos says Philippines ‘cannot yield’ in South China Sea dispute

Philippine president makes remarks as Beijing and Manila agree on a deal to defuse tensions at the Second Thomas Shoal.

The Independent UK

Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling outfits employing thousands.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on widespread and mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the Philippines accusing them of venturing into crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnapping and murder

France 24

China and Philippines reach deal to avoid clashes at disputed reef

China and the Philippines have struck a deal aimed at stopping the two countries from clashing over the fiercely disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said Sunday. In the past year, the territorial standoff at the reef has flared and came to a head…

The Independent UK

China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes at fiercely disputed shoal

Two Philippine officials said China and the Philippines have reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

New accord establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea

A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between China and the Philippines’ presidential offices to try and prevent any new confrontation from spiraling out of control in the disputed South China Sea

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