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[Title] => Slovak foreign minister to open embassy in Manila
[Summary] => Slovakia will formally open its embassy in Manila during a visit by Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár on November 12-15, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, November 11.
[DatePublished] => 2026-11-11 11:16:00
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[Title] => In a first, Japan’s security aid to Philippines includes defense equipment
[Summary] => Japan will provide the Philippines with a coastal radar system and surveillance drones under a ¥4.3-billion security grant.
[DatePublished] => 2026-11-09 18:19:00
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[Title] => US ambassador affirms 'ironclad' PH ties after controversial ASEAN defense talks
[Summary] => The United States' commitment to Philippine security is "ironclad" and Washington is "in this for the long-term," US Ambassador Lee Lipton said on Monday, November 2, weeks before US President Donald Trump is expected to stop in Manila on his way to talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[Title] => Philippines denies undersea cable arrangement with Taiwan
[Summary] => DFA says no cooperation arrangement exists after Beijing objected to the Washington discussion.
[DatePublished] => 2026-10-26 09:50:00
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[Title] => DFA calls out Chinese Embassy for series of 'undiplomatic' posts
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs has rebuked the Chinese Embassy in Manila over a string of increasingly combative social media posts targeting Filipino officials since the Chinese ambassador remarked last week that China could “easily win” if it used force.
[DatePublished] => 2026-10-22 12:42:00
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[Title] => Marcos: Chinese ambassador's force remark ‘sounds very much like a threat’
[Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, October 16, that Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan’s remark about China’s ability to use force “sounds very much like a threat and not a diplomatic statement to be made.”
[DatePublished] => 2026-10-16 10:33:00
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[Title] => Filipinos' trust in China climbs to highest since 2022
[Summary] => Despite series of tensions at sea, Filipinos’ distrust of China eases.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-07 17:06:00
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[Title] => Lithuania offers Philippines its toolkit against disinformation
[Summary] => Lithuania is offering to share with the Philippines the tools and methods it's built up over decades of countering Russian and Chinese "hybrid threats," its foreign minister said during a visit to Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 09:28:00
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[Title] => Lithuania eyes sharing Ukraine-tested maritime tech with PCG
[Summary] => Lithuania is looking to bring maritime security technologies emerging from the war in Ukraine to the Philippine Coast Guard, Foreign Minister K?stutis Budrys said, part of a widening security partnership between the two countries.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 08:36:00
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[Title] => What Marcos said in his fifth SONA, from A-Z
[Summary] => Here, we break down Marcos' 2026 SONA into easily digestible topics from A to Z.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-28 07:00:00
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[Title] => Slovak foreign minister to open embassy in Manila
[Summary] => Slovakia will formally open its embassy in Manila during a visit by Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár on November 12-15, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, November 11.
[DatePublished] => 2026-11-11 11:16:00
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[Title] => In a first, Japan’s security aid to Philippines includes defense equipment
[Summary] => Japan will provide the Philippines with a coastal radar system and surveillance drones under a ¥4.3-billion security grant.
[DatePublished] => 2026-11-09 18:19:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorID] => 1807493
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[Title] => US ambassador affirms 'ironclad' PH ties after controversial ASEAN defense talks
[Summary] => The United States' commitment to Philippine security is "ironclad" and Washington is "in this for the long-term," US Ambassador Lee Lipton said on Monday, November 2, weeks before US President Donald Trump is expected to stop in Manila on his way to talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[Title] => Philippines denies undersea cable arrangement with Taiwan
[Summary] => DFA says no cooperation arrangement exists after Beijing objected to the Washington discussion.
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[Title] => DFA calls out Chinese Embassy for series of 'undiplomatic' posts
[Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs has rebuked the Chinese Embassy in Manila over a string of increasingly combative social media posts targeting Filipino officials since the Chinese ambassador remarked last week that China could “easily win” if it used force.
[DatePublished] => 2026-10-22 12:42:00
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[Title] => Marcos: Chinese ambassador's force remark ‘sounds very much like a threat’
[Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, October 16, that Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan’s remark about China’s ability to use force “sounds very much like a threat and not a diplomatic statement to be made.”
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[Title] => Filipinos' trust in China climbs to highest since 2022
[Summary] => Despite series of tensions at sea, Filipinos’ distrust of China eases.
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[Title] => Lithuania offers Philippines its toolkit against disinformation
[Summary] => Lithuania is offering to share with the Philippines the tools and methods it's built up over decades of countering Russian and Chinese "hybrid threats," its foreign minister said during a visit to Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 09:28:00
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[Title] => Lithuania eyes sharing Ukraine-tested maritime tech with PCG
[Summary] => Lithuania is looking to bring maritime security technologies emerging from the war in Ukraine to the Philippine Coast Guard, Foreign Minister K?stutis Budrys said, part of a widening security partnership between the two countries.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 08:36:00
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[Title] => What Marcos said in his fifth SONA, from A-Z
[Summary] => Here, we break down Marcos' 2026 SONA into easily digestible topics from A to Z.
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