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18 December

Japan-Colombia Overseas Training Cruise 2022

Japan, ASEAN to Boost Maritime Security Ties With Eye on China

Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders agreed to boost maritime security cooperation in the face of Beijing's growing assertiveness.

9 December

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines Accuses Chinese Coast Guard of Shooting Water Cannon at Its Boats

The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard of using water cannons to "obstruct" three government boats.

6 December

Asia Pacific

Philippine armed personnel after a bomb attack

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines Names Pro-Islamic State Militants in Catholic Mass Bombing

Philippine police named two Filipino members of a pro-Islamic State militant group as suspects in the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass.

2 December

Asia Pacific

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu leaves the Elysee palace

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines, France to Pursue Key Defense Pact

Philippines and France vowed to pursue an agreement that would allow them to deploy troops to each other's territories.

1 December

Asia Pacific

A Philippines' coast guard ship sailing past a Chinese coast guard ship during a joint search and rescue exercise between the Philippines and US coast guards near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines Installing Monitoring Station in Disputed South China Sea

The Philippines is establishing a coast guard station on the largest island it holds in the disputed South China Sea to improve monitoring of Chinese vessels.

1 December

Cyber

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. convenes a meeting with the Private Sector Advisory Council at the State Dining Room of Malacañan Palace in Manila on Tuesday (Nov. 28, 2023) to discuss digital infrastructure work plans. During the meeting, the PSAC presented several recommendations to address prevailing challenges concerning cybersecurity breaches and strategies to strengthen the national cybersecurity program.

Rojoef Manuel

Philippines Considering Bills for National Cybersecurity Transformation

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will review three pending bills that support the government’s Digital Transformation Framework.

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28 November

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines, Communist Rebels Say They Agree to Resume Peace Talks

The Philippine government and communist rebels said they agreed to resume peace talks to end one of the world's longest-running Maoist insurgencies.

25 November

Asia Pacific

Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines, Australia Launch Joint Air and Sea Patrols

Australia and the Philippines announced the start of joint air and sea patrols off the Southeast Asian nation.

21 November

Sea

Fast-attack interdiction crafts (FAIC) PG-906 and PG-907 are seen docked in a port, both with two yellow ropes from the ground each tied over their hulls. Their names are painted in white on the side of their bodies. The blue sky acts as a background, with the port's blue-green water peeking on the lower back of the image.

Juster Domingo

Philippines Receives Two Fast-Attack Interdiction Craft From Israel

The Philippine Navy has received two Acero-class gunboats from Israel as part of a nine-vessel acquisition deal with the country.

21 November

Cyber

Joe Saballa

Philippines to Make Cyber Defense ‘Common Fixture’ in Military Drills

The Philippine military said cyber defense will be included and treated as a “common fixture” in future military exercises.

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