MANILA: Philippine students and activists protested on Tuesday against a government decision to allow security forces to patrol the campuses of the country’s biggest university after authorities accused it of being a breeding ground for communist rebels.President Rodrigo Duterte’s government has stepped up efforts to end a Maoist-led rebellion, one of the world’s longest insurgencies…

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Geopolitical stress in the middle of a global pandemic led Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to keep a secret military pact with the United States undamaged in the meantime, Manila’s leading diplomat and other federal government officials stated Wednesday. The Philippines was seeking to renew bilateral ties with its earliest ally by holding back for a […]

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Fishermen’s associations in Vietnam and the Philippines objected Monday China’s yearly summer season fishing ban in the South China Sea and required their national federal governments to oppose it, amidst the danger of rigorous enforcement by the China Coast Guard. ” Vietnamese fishermen have total rights to fish in waters under their sovereignty,” the Vietnam […]

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