The Latest Breaking News from Carlito Galvez Jr

Cooperation, including among countries outside the region, is crucial to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, defence officials from the Philippines, Britain and Canada said on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit.

It’s been more than three decades since the Philippines ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from their sprawling military bases in the country, ending an era that hearkened back to America’s colonial days.

Officials say the acting Philippine defense chief has resigned, in the latest in a series of top-level changes in the country’s security establishment that has sparked speculation of renewed military unrest

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has named former vaccine czar and peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr as defence chief, days after he appointed a new military head as the armed forces stamped out talk of unrest among troops.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has chosen a former military chief who led the country's fight against the coronavirus as his new defense minister, his office said on Monday.