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Philippines suspends in-person classes due to heat, jeepney strike

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Parents accompany their children from school after their classes in Manila. The country’s education department has asked schools to suspend in-person classes due to dangerously high temperatures. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Philippines will suspend in-person classes in all public schools for two days due to extreme heat and a nationwide strike by jeepney…

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India Likely To Deliver First Batch Of Brahmos Missiles To Philippines Today

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It would be the first export of the BrahMos missile by India. New Delhi: India is set to deliver the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines on Friday, over two years after inking a USD 375 million deal to supply the weapon systems with the Southeast Asian country, people familiar with…

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China conducts military drills in South China Sea

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The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. File | Photo Credit: AP China conducted military “combat patrols”…

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India supports Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (left) shakes hands with Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo after holding a joint press conference at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP India supports the Philippines’ sovereignty, said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Manila, in comments that sparked a response…

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Philippines lodges its ‘strongest protest’ against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea

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In this screen grab from video provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water cannons on a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, March 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP…

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Philippines Summons Chinese Envoy Over “Aggressive Actions” By China Coast Guard In South China Sea

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Philippines and China have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in South China Sea (File) Manila: The Philippines said Monday it had summoned a Chinese envoy over “aggressive actions” by the China Coast Guard and other vessels near a reef off the Southeast Asian country’s coast, while Beijing lodged its own complaint. Beijing and…

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Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries

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A member of Philippine Coast Guard personnel hands out supplies to the people onboard a rigid hull inflatable boat during a resupply mission in the South China Sea, March 23, 2024. Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines/Handout via Reuters | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons…

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Blinken underscores ‘ironclad’ support for the Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, on March 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” on March 19 to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces…

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Philippines Foreign Minister urges China: ‘stop harassing us’

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In this photo released by ASEAN via the Australian Government, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique A. Manalo addresses a forum on maritime cooperation at the ASEAN Special Summit, in Melbourne on March 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo told AFP on Monday that his country wants to…

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