The Philippines is an independent country and does not act as a "chess piece" to any global power, Malacañang said Thursday ...

Malacañang has flatly rejected China's accusations that the Philippines is being manipulated by foreign powers as a "chess ...

Manila wants to assert its sovereignty, but it also needs roads, bridges and power plants. Pragmatism, not ideology, is ...

Aerial footage appears to show a floating barrier installed by China to prevent Philippine fishing boats from entering the ...

The Philippine defense chief has called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea as "the biggest fiction and lie" that ...

Arrangements are being made for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to visit the Philippines during the Golden Week holidays this ...

U.S. and Philippine soldiers have started the first phase of an annual land-defense exercise in the Philippines, according to ...

China's Defense Ministry on Friday urged the Philippines to immediately halt "risky but futile provocations" in the South ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting the Philippines and Vietnam during Japan's Golden Week holiday from late April, government sources said Thursday, as Tokyo seeks closer ties with ...

A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his ...

ASEAN state members the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have been involved in the long-simmering territorial standoffs in the South China Sea. Taiwan also lays a claim similar to that of ...