PH, New Zealand to sign visiting forces agreement this year

Donna Pazzibugan 06/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will establish a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with New Zealand this year. Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters announced this during Peters’ visit to…

PH, France to start VFA talks in May

Jane Bautista 04/27/2024

The Philippines and France might start talking formally next month about a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). This agreement would let their militaries do joint exercises in the Philippines. Ambassador Marie Fontanel, the top French diplomat in Manila,…

Marcos talks with US envoy on possible ‘redefining’ of VFA

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 05/23/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The possible “re-defining” of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) was among the issues tackled during the meeting of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. with the United States Chargé d’Affaires Heather Variava on Monday.…

With latest confrontation in WPS, Isko reiterates ‘fearless’ stance in defending territory

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter 11/18/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso reiterated on Thursday that he will be “fearless” in fighting for the country’s territory if he is elected president in 2022, amid the latest Chinese intrusion near the…

Nuclear weapons and the VFA

Antonio T. Carpio - @inquirerdotnet 03/04/2021

The 1987 Constitution expressly prohibits the storage of nuclear weapons in the Philippines, adopting a “policy of freedom from nuclear weapons in (Philippine) territory.” Last week, President Duterte threatened to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with…

PH military to lose significant training if VFA with US scrapped — Gordon

Cathrine Gonzales - INQUIRER.net 02/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine military will lose significant training if the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States is scrapped, Sen. Richard Gordon said Monday. In an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, Gordon noted that…

Travel ban to US? Bar Chinese from infected areas instead–Pangilinan

Maila Ager - INQUIRER.net 01/30/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Instead of barring Cabinet officials from travelling to the United States, the government should ban the entry to the Philippines of Chinese from virus-infected areas, opposition Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Thursday.…

‘You don’t like me? I don’t like you also,’ Dela Rosa tells US

Maila Ager - INQUIRER.net 01/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — “If you don’t like me, I don’t like you also.” Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said that he will not demand the “rectification” of his cancelled US visa, saying that if the…

NOT READY FOR US TROOPS

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/14/2016

Questions raised on capability of 2 military bases in Cebu to host US forces Concerns on the capability of two military camps in Cebu to host American troops under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) have been…

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