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Philippines grants US more access to military bases amid China tensions

The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, with access to four more bases as they seek to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.

France 24

Philippines grants U.S. greater access to bases amid China concerns

The Philippines has granted the United States greater access to its military bases, their defence chiefs said on Thursday, amid mounting concern over China's increasing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tension over self-ruled Taiwan.

Reuters

Philippines agrees to allow US wider access to military bases

Move comes amid concerns about China’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and over self-ruled Taiwan.

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Magnitude 6 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines – EMSC

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

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Austin in Philippines to discuss larger US military presence

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in the Philippines for talks on deploying larger numbers of U.S. forces and weapons in more Philippine military camps to ramp up deterrence

The Independent UK

Austin's Manila visit to bring deal on expanded base access - Philippines official

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to the Philippines this week is expected to bring an announcement of expanded U.S. access to military bases in the country, a senior Philippines official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Strike expands cross-border payments feature to the Philippines

The Jack Mallers-led company launched the feature in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana in December

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Family's appeal to bring body of former British Army Sergeant home to South Shields as they pay tribute to much-loved dad

Stephen Kerry-Jones was visiting his partner in the Philippines when he died from multi-organ failure

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Philippines to take steps 'immediately' for extradition of robbery ring suspects

MANILA -- The Philippine Justice Department has said it wants to "immediately take the necessary steps" to extradite four Japanese men suspected of involvement in a series of robberies across Japan, according to the Japanese Embassy in Manila.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Woman kicked off Philippines flight for making bomb joke

Passing comment violated country’s strict ‘bomb joke law’, aka the Anti-Threat Jokes Act of 2014

The Independent UK

US, S.Korea Defense Chiefs Vow to Increase Drills, Cooperation to Counter North Korea

The defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to expand military drills and boost nuclear deterrence planning to counter North Korea's weapons development and prevent a war. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Seoul for talks as Washington seeks to reassure a key Asian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Money talks' at detention center holding 'Luffy' in Philippines

MANILA -- The "Luffy" figure suspected of overseeing a string of robberies nationwide allegedly controlled the operation in Japan while being detained at an immigration facility in the Philippines.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Soaring prices and smuggling: The Philippines are in an ‘onion crisis’

Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines. As the country hits near-unprecedented levels of inflation sparked by natural disasters and a global fuel crisis, the pantry staple is in high demand at even higher prices. Since December 2022, people have been posting prices of onions online and even…

France 24

Tokyo, Manila mull holding summit in Feb.

Japan and the Philippines are making arrangements for a summit to be held in Tokyo early February, according to sources.

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4 suspected organizers of robbery ring held in Philippines

Four Japanese men suspected of being linked to a series of robberies in Japan are being held at a Philippine immigration detention center in suburban Manila, according to investigative sources.

The Independent UK

The nuclear option: could this abandoned plant solve the Philippines’ energy crisis?

Supporters say a revival of the project would ease the country’s reliance on coal and prop up its renewables sector. But, detractors tell Rebecca Tan, decades-old safety risks remain

The Independent UK

Filipino workers: Oil company abandoned us in Hurricane Ida

Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021

The Times of India

Member of 'extortion gang' run from Philippines injured in firing with Ludhiana rural police

LUDHIANA: A member of "extortion gang" allegedly being operated from Philippines, was injured during an encounter after he and his accomplice had come to take extortion money from a trader in Jagraon area on Thursday evening.

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Philippines: Unapproved probe into killings unacceptable

The Philippine justice secretary says any investigation violating the country’s sovereignty by the International Criminal Court into the widespread killings of suspects during an anti-drug crackdown under former President Rodrigo Duterte would be “totally unacceptable.”

Al Jazeera

ICC to resume investigation into Philippines’s deadly drug war

Manila had argued it was conducting its own investigation into deaths under the controversial policy.

The Independent UK

ICC judges reopen probe into Philippines' 'war on drugs'

International Criminal Court judges have cleared the way for the court’s prosecution office to resume its investigation into the so-called war on drugs in the Philippines

Reuters

Philippines defiant, says won't cooperate with ICC investigation

The International Criminal Court's decision to allow a probe into the Philippines' drugs war to resume is an "irritant", the country's justice secretary said on Friday, maintaining the ICC has no jurisdiction over the country's affairs.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Mastermind of robbery ring believed to be in R.P.

The suspected mastermind behind a string of robberies across Japan is believed to be in the Philippines, according to an investigative source.

Daily Mirror

Son of prominent rabbi tragically drowns while on honeymoon in the Philippines

Benedict Hayyim Anidjar Romain died on Sunday after the 'weather turned' quickly and he was caught in a riptide in Philippines while on his honeymoon with wife Stella

Bangkok Post

Philippines shakes off inflation for best growth since 1976

The Philippines weathered the fastest inflation and highest policy rate in 14 years to deliver one of Asia’s strongest expansions, shoring up the economy by the most in decades amid a bleak global outlook.

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