Deadly pathogens
The Philippines should not be a party to these experiments of deadly pathogens.
The Philippines should not be a party to these experiments of deadly pathogens.
The United States has reaffirmed many times its “ironclad” commitment to help defend the Philippines, its oldest ally in the region, in case of an attack on its vessel, aircraft, or personnel anywhere in the Pacific, including the West Philippine Sea.
When Rodrigo Duterte was president, he discarded the landmark arbitral ruling the Philippines had won at the international tribunal in The Hague as a piece of paper destined for the waste bin.
In a statement on Friday, the US Department of State said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. also discussed opportunities for further US-Philippine maritime cooperation.
President Rodrigo Duterte is outraged over the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore directing the Philippine government to pay Manila Water Co. of the Ayala group billions of pesos for the non-implementation of water rate increases prior to his assumption to the presidency.