The second phase of the “Kadiwa” program to support fishermen operating in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was launched on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the West Philippine Sea issue are expected to highlight the discussions when visiting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with ...

Defense and military officials want the VFA to remain as the country faces territorial threats in the Kalayaan Island Group and West Philippine Sea from swarms of Chinese ships, including Chinese ...

The Philippines expressed its intent to terminate the VFA in February 2020 ... He has raised the Philippines' arbitral win over the West Philippine Sea at the UN but has repeatedly made the ...

The Federation of Philippine Industries, Inc. (FPI) lauded Defense Secretary Gilberto 'Gibo' Teodoro, Jr. for his ...

A VFA is also currently being negotiated with ... policy" that aims to show what is truly happening in the West Philippine Sea. "This is a combination of a lot of strategy, including diplomatic ...

The country has further invited Chinese presence by terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), said GMA resident political ... of Chinese militia vessels near islands in the West Philippine Sea.

MANILA, Philippines — The year 2023 saw the escalation of tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with Ferdinand ... the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between Manila and Washington ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Dambusters’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 ... National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines established a permanent outpost ...

last Dec. 2023 when the first VFA negotiation began. In 2024, Paris, for the first time, participated in the four-day joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea during Manila and Washington’s annual ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine government's preferred ...