US VP Harris on South China Sea: Armed attack on PHL “would invoke US mutual defense commitments”
(Eagle News) -- United States Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, Nov. 21, said an armed attack on "the Philippines,…
4 years ago
MDT
Pres. Duterte decides to continue VFA after meeting with US Defense chief Austin
Austin is first Biden cabinet member to meet with Pres. Duterte (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte decided to…
5 years ago
Amid challenges in West PHL Sea, PHL, US reaffirm importance of working closely to enhance Mutual Defense Treaty
(Eagle News)--Both the Philippines and the United States reaffirmed the "importance of working closely to enhance the Mutual Defense Treaty"…
5 years ago
Palace: President Duterte may suspend VFA abrogation for another six months
(Eagle News)--President Rodrigo Duterte may suspend the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement for another six months. Presidential Spokesperson Harry…
6 years ago
Palace says it welcomes US President Trump’s statement accepting President Duterte’s decision to end VFA
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it welcomes the statement of US President Donald Trump accepting President Rodrigo Duterte’s…
6 years ago
Guevarra: No reason PHL won’t survive the termination of a “mere visiting forces agreement”
(Eagle News) -- The termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement will make two other defense agreements with the United States…
6 years ago
Lacson: Mutual Defense Treaty with US to be rendered useless without VFA
(Eagle News) -- The Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States will be rendered useless if the…
6 years ago
Pimentel: Senate panel to start review of VFA, other PHL-US military agreements next week
(Eagle News) -- A Senate panel will start reviewing the Visiting Forces Agreement and other Philippine-US military agreements next week.…
6 years ago
Panelo says invoking Mutual Defense Treaty in Recto Bank incident “reckless, premature”
(Eagle News) -- Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, June 19, slammed Senator Panfilo Lacson's comment the Mutual Defense Treaty…
7 years ago
Lorenzana: US “more likely to be involved in shooting war” in West PHL Sea than PHL
But in such a scenario, under MDT, PHL will "automatically be involved," Lorenzana says (Eagle News) -- For Defense Secretary…
7 years ago
Palace welcomes Pompeo’s assurance but still wants review of Mutual Defense Treaty
(Eagle News)-- The Palace on Friday, March 1, said it still wants a review of the Mutual Defense Treaty. Presidential…
7 years ago
Locsin says no need to review MDT; “In vagueness lies the best deterrence,” he says
(Eagle News)--Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes there is no need to review the Mutual Defense Treaty to ensure…
7 years ago
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