President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday his government will remove a US missile system from the Philippines if Beijing ends its "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the contested South China Sea and ceases claiming Filipino territory.

A United States-based watchdog has launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the silence of Filipino bishops on the such assaults amounted to a cover-up.

New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed China's "dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea" with his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday and underscored the "ironclad" U.S.

The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila's armed forces said on Sunday, in a move that would likely irk China.

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) may declare a food security emergency for rice by Tuesday next week, its top official said on Friday (Jan 31).

The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 40-page comic book,

A Filipino police colonel was among the fatalities in the deadly mid-air collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a United States Army helicopter over Washington D.C., according to the Philippine National Police.

President Bongbong Marcos admits that he is "very disturbed" by the arrest of five suspected Chinese spies, who allegedly set up high-resolution solar-powered cameras pointed at the waters of Palawan where Coast Guard vessels pass en route to the West Philippine Sea.

China has territorial disputes with the Philippines, which has signed a security treaty with Washington that comes with mutual defense commitments.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday expressed his full support to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. over his plan to meet with United States President Donald Trump, emphasizing the need to safeguard the rights of Filipino migrants and strengthen bilateral relations.

President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday his government will remove a US missile system from the Philippines if Beijing ends its "aggressive and coercive behaviour" in the contested South China Sea and ceases claiming Filipino territory.