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JIM GOMEZ

JIM GOMEZ

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China blames Philippines for ship collision in South China Sea. Manila calls the report deceptive

China’s coast guard says a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea

China blames Philippines for ship collision in South China Sea. Manila calls the report deceptive
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Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors

Philippine security officials say Chinese forces have seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military ship outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured

Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors
Asia|News|Political|World

Philippines demands China return rifles and pay for boat damage after hostilities in disputed sea

The Philippine military chief has demanded China return several rifles and equipment seized by the Chinese coast guard in a disputed shoal and pay for damage in an assault he likened to an act of piracy in the South China Sea

Philippines demands China return rifles and pay for boat damage after hostilities in disputed sea
Asia|News|World

Philippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with Chinese Coast Guard

The president of the Philippines says his country will not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines will never instigate a war

Philippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with Chinese Coast Guard
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China and the Philippines hold crucial talks to ease tensions after intense clash in disputed waters

China and the Philippines have held a crucial meeting to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea last month

China and the Philippines hold crucial talks to ease tensions after intense clash in disputed waters
Asia|News

Japan and Philippines to sign defense pact letting Tokyo's forces train in Southeast Asian country

Japan and the Philippines are signing a defense pact that will allow Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills

Japan and Philippines to sign defense pact letting Tokyo's forces train in Southeast Asian country
Asia|News

New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea

A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between presidential offices of China and the Philippines to help prevent any new confrontation from spiraling out of control in the disputed South China Sea

New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea
Asia|Australia|Crime|World

Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered

Philippine officials say the suspect in last week's killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a Philippine hotel in a popular resort city south of Manila has surrendered

Asia|News|World

China and the Philippines announce deal aimed at stopping clashes at fiercely disputed shoal

China and the Philippines have reached a deal intended to end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea

China and the Philippines announce deal aimed at stopping clashes at fiercely disputed shoal
Asia|Business|Economy

Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling industry employing thousands

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on the mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the country

Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling industry employing thousands
Asia|Environment|News

Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital

A Philippine oil tanker has sunk in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves

Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major spill near the capital
Asia|Business|Technology|World

China issues rare praise to Philippine president for his ban on Chinese online gambling operators

China has issued a rare compliment to the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his order banning widespread and Chinese-run online gaming operations

China issues rare praise to Philippine president for his ban on Chinese online gambling operators
Asia|Environment|News|World

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'

The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'
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Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without incident for first time since deal with China

Philippine government personnel have transported food and other supplies to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent without any clashes with China

Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without incident for first time since deal with China
Environment|News

The Philippines says a cargo of oil has started to leak from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay

Philippine authorities say the cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts

Asia|News|World

US boosts alliance with the Philippines with $500 million funding and pact amid concern over China

Washington officials in Manila have announced $500 million in funding to boost Philippine defenses and progress in a proposed military intelligence-sharing pact amid shared concerns over China's increasingly aggressive actions in the region

US boosts alliance with the Philippines with $500 million funding and pact amid concern over China
Asia|News|World

Vietnam's coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China

A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea

Vietnam's coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China
Asia|News

Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky moves

The Philippine military chief has condemned what he said was the provocative actions of two Chinese air force aircraft that executed a dangerous maneuver and dropped flares in the path of a Philippine air force plane on routine patrol in the South China Sea

Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky moves
Asia|News|World

Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame

Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea

Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame
Asia|News|US|World

Philippines to host a US visa processing center for up to 300 Afghans resettling in America

The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited number of Afghan nationals aspiring to resettle in America

Philippines to host a US visa processing center for up to 300 Afghans resettling in America
Asia|News|World

Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane

Officials say a Philippine fisheries bureau plane has been threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island

Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane
Asia|Crime|News|World

Hundreds of police raid a religious compound in search of Filipino preacher wanted for child abuse

Hundreds of police, backed by riot squads, have raided a vast religious compound in a southern Philippine city in search of a local preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking

Hundreds of police raid a religious compound in search of Filipino preacher wanted for child abuse
Asia|News|US|World

US military open to escorting Philippine ships in the South China Sea, senior admiral says

Indo-Pacific commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says the U.S. military is open to the possibility of escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, depending on consultations under the allies’ 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty

US military open to escorting Philippine ships in the South China Sea, senior admiral says
Asia|News|US|World

US forces ready with a 'range of options' to deal with South China Sea aggression, US admiral says

A U.S. admiral says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea after consultations with treaty ally the Philippines

US forces ready with a 'range of options' to deal with South China Sea aggression, US admiral says
Asia|News|World

Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops in Vietnam War among Magsaysay winners

A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops in Vietnam War among Magsaysay winners

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