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MANILA, Philippines — China has no business dictating the Philippines’ actions within its territory, the Department of National Defense (DND) said after Beijing warned against boosting Manila’s military presence in Batanes.
MANILA, Philippines: China, through its foreign ministry, said the Philippines should «not play with fire» with regard to the Taiwan issue to avoid being manipulated and eventually hurt.
The Philippines has been butting heads with China for years over the disputed South China Sea, but increasingly the Southeast Asian country appears to be preparing for another potential battleground: Taiwan.
The Philippines' defense minister has vowed to strictly enforce the country's sovereignty in response to secessionist threats made by former president Rodrigo Duterte. Defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro stated that the Department of National Defense's mandate is to secure the state's sovereignty and the integrity of the national territory, as stated in the constitution.
MANILA: Six communist guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a clash Sunday, officials said, as the Philippine government prepared to restart peace talks to end one of the world's longest-running Maoist insurgencies.Government troops exchanged fire with New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas near the town of Balayan, about 68 kilometres (42 miles) south of the capital Manila, a Philippine Army statement said.
MANILA: Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines on Sunday that killed at least four people and injured 50 others. The attack was carried out in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the country besieged by Islamist militants for five months in 2017. The Islamic State group, which wields influence in the country's south, said on Telegram its members had detonated the bomb.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr condemned a deadly bombing on Sunday, blaming "foreign terrorists", as police and the military strengthened security in the country's south and around the capital, Manila.