MANY of us have been stirred up by the ongoing row between the Philippines and China concerning the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Most of us ordinary Filipinos are convinced ...

Carpio asserts that the Philippines holds the strongest title to its claims, supported by the 1875 Carta General del Archipelago Filipino map. The Treaty of Washington in 1900 clarified that the ...

Washington renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend the Philippines under a 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under an armed attack, including ...

However, Marcos said that now is not the time to invoke the Southeast Asian country's defense treaty with Washington ... which lies within the Philippines' internationally recognized exclusive ...

Washington has repeatedly warned that it’s obligated to help defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under an armed attack ...