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Philippine Army Artillery Regiment Commander Anthony Coronel, left, returns a salute from a U.S. soldier during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Laur, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Friday, March 31, 2023. The U.S. and the Philippines have agreed to hold more small and major combat exercises in 2023 and expand annual military drills following disruptions caused by two years of coronavirus lockdowns, according to Philippine military officials. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

U.S. to boost Philippine military bases amid Chinese aggression in Indo-Pacific

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Philippine Army Artillery Regiment Commander Anthony Coronel, left, returns a salute from a U.S. soldier during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Laur, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Friday, March 31, 2023. The U.S. and the Philippines have agreed to hold more small and major combat exercises in 2023 and expand annual military drills following disruptions caused by two years of coronavirus lockdowns, according to Philippine military officials. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines names 4 new bases for U.S. forces amid China fury

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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen addresses the National Assembly in Belmopan, Belize, Monday, April 3, 2023. Tsai is in Belize for an official three-day visit. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Asia game-plans for China-Taiwan shooting war as U.S. troops increasingly isolated

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Ports Authority Zamboanga, the remains of the MV Lady Mary Joy is seen in Basilan, southern Philippines Thursday March 30, 2023. Several people died while other were reported missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with about 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday. (Philippine Ports Authority Zamboanga via AP)

Death scene in burned ferry moves Filipino rescuers to tears

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Philippine Coast Guard ship trains its hose as it tries to extinguish fire on the MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. Multiple people died and others were missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with more than 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippine ferry fire kills 31 people; at least 7 missing

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arranges his hair as he arrives at the 126th founding anniversary of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, Philippines on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Marcos defends U.S. military presence, which China opposes

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, talks to the media as Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Andika Perkasa, left, listens, after their meeting at Indonesian military headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

U.S. to expand defenses with regional allies around China

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a green military-grade laser light from a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The Philippines on Monday, Feb. 13, accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea, calling it a "blatant" violation of Manila's sovereign rights. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippines: China ship hits Filipino crew with ‘military-grade laser light’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans as they protest against the visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III who is in the country for talks about deploying U.S. forces and weapons in more Philippine military camps during a rally outside Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in metro Manila, Philippines on Feb. 2, 2023. The U.S. has been rebuilding its military might in the Philippines after more than 30 years and reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia in a starkly different post-Cold War era when the perceived new regional threat is an increasingly belligerent China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

U.S. forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second from left, walks past military guards during his arrival at the Department of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday February 2, 2023. (Rolex Dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon bolsters U.S. military’s strategic reach in securing four sites in Philippines

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second from left, walks past military guards during his arrival at the Department of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday February 2, 2023. (Rolex Dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S., Philippines agree to larger American military presence with access to four more bases

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Command Public Information Office, Western Mindanao Command, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, right, greets Western Mindanao Commander Lt. Gen. Roy Galido as he visits Camp Don Basilio Navarro in Zamboanga province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023. Austin is in the Philippines for talks about deploying U.S. forces and weapons in more Philippine military camps to ramp up deterrence against China's increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea. (Command Public Information Office, Western Mindanao Command via AP)

Defense Secretary Austin’s trip fuels talks of bigger U.S. military presence in the Philippines

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, speaks during his meeting with China's Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Zhanshu, not shown, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023. (Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

Philippine leader emphasizes economic ties on visit to China

Associated Press

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., right, waves beside wife Maria Louise as they board a plane for China on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines’ President Marcos Jr. heads to China amid sea disputes

Associated Press

A protester kicks an effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally as they commemorate International Human Rights Day, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of people marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday protesting what they said was a rising number of extrajudicial killings and other injustices under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines protesters decry alleged injustices under Marcos

Associated Press

FILE - This photo taken from a C-130 transport plane with Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano shows Thitu Island off the South China Sea on April 21, 2017. A Chinese coast guard vessel twice blocked the Philippine naval boat before seizing the debris it was towing Sunday off Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos said Monday., Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Chinese coast guard seizes rocket debris from Filipino navy

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket carrying the space lab module Mengtian blasts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Oct. 31, 2022. Philippine officials said Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, suspected debris from a recent Chinese rocket launch has been found at sea off two provinces and they were pressing efforts for Manila to ratify two U.N. treaties that allow people to seek compensation for damage or injury from space launches. (Hu Zhixuan/Xinhua via AP, File)

Suspected Chinese rocket debris found in Philippine waters

Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers use boats to evacuate residents from flooded areas due to Tropical Storm Nalgae at Parang, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Friday Oct. 28, 2022. Floodwaters rapidly rose in many low-lying villages, forcing some villagers to climb to their roofs, where they were rescued by army troops, police and volunteers, officials said. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

At least 42 dead in floods, landslides in south Philippines

Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Greene, center, delivers a speech as Japanese Parliamentary Vice Minister for Defense Kimi Onoda, left, and Embassy of the Philippines Chargé d'Affaires Robespierre Bolivar, right, listen in during an opening session of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on U.S. Japan Philippines cooperation in maritime security Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Tokyo. Maritime security experts from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines meet to discuss trilateral maritime security cooperation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ** FILE **

Japan, U.S., Philippines to step up maritime security ties

By HARUKA NUGA - Associated Press

Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks during a U.S. Trade and Development Agency Offshore Wind Grant Signing at Ayala Triangle Gardens in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Philippine officials are considering a U.S. offer to provide heavy-lift helicopters like its widely used Chinooks after Manila scrapped a deal to buy military choppers from Russia due to fears of Western sanctions, Romualdez said Monday Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, FILE)

Philippines eyes U.S. helicopters after scrapping Russian deal

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press