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U.S. alerts PH after China seized its underwater drone off Subic
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenza says the security cluster has yet to discuss how the Philippines will react to the incident between the US and China that happened within its exclusive economic zone

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Top US official: Duterte words 'hurtful, mystifying'
We have found ourselves in a scratchy period US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel tells Filipino journalists

US' top Asia diplomat: Don't choose between America, China
This should be addition not subtraction US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel says during a trip to the Philippines

The Philippines' pivot to China
President Duterte is taking a huge risk betting all on China’s goodwill and beneficence without the insurance provided by the diversified multi lateral support of historical and traditional friends and allies

PH peso likely to breach P47:$1
The local currency could head toward P47 40 to P47 50 in the absence of global response to emerging markets risks and stability an analyst says

Uncle Sam, the Little Brown Brother and the Sleeping Giant
How does one negotiate with the big guns richer and bigger than us? By determining our absolute bottom line from where nothing else is acceptable – before sitting at the negotiating table

DOCUMENT: Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement EDCA paves the way for the increased presence of American troops in the Philippines and gives them wider access to military bases