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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos insisted his country would not give up "a single square inch of our territory", as Manila seeks to counter Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
MANILA: The Philippines has approached neighbours such as Malaysia and Vietnam to discuss a separate code of conduct regarding the South China Sea, its president said on Monday, citing limited progress towards striking a broader regional pact with China. Relations between the two have grown more tense under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who has increasingly complained about China's "aggressive" behaviour while rekindling strong ties with the Philippines' sole treaty ally, the United States.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 19) — While on a working visit in Hawaii, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. virtually instructed authorities on Sunday to ensure continued relief efforts and supervision in areas affected by the Friday's magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 20) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raised his concern about China’s rampant building of bases in the West Philippine Sea during a security talk in Hawaii.
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. was back in Hawaii on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), about three decades since his family lived there in exile after the 1986 “People Power revolution” that ousted his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos.
ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr and US Indo-Pacific Command commander Adm. John Aquilino discussed regional security issues during Brawner’s visit to the headquarters of the Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M Smith in Honolulu in Hawaii on Friday (US time).
MANILA, Philippines — The Marcoses entered what could be their darkest days in 1986, when the dictatorship was toppled and the family banished to Hawaii while hounded by allegations of human rights violations and corruption.
HONOLULU (AP) — Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is meeting with senior U.S. military leaders and members of Hawaii’s large Filipino community this weekend in a visit steeped in geopolitical and personal significance for the leader, but also drawing protests from a younger generation of Filipinos who point to the actions of his dictator father who died in exile in Hawaii.