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The Philippine defense and military chiefs have rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects have implicated several congressmen and public works officials and sparked pockets of street protests

The confrontation near the Scarborough Shoal was the latest flare-up of the long-simmering territorial standoff in the contested waters of the South China Sea.

The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea

The Philippine military chief says his forces will defend themselves with “the same level of force” if they come under assault again from China’s coast guard in the disputed South China Sea

Philippine military demands return of seized rifles and equipment by Chinese coast guard in disputed South China Sea shoal. Tensions escalate in the region.

Philippines says coastguard personnel armed with knives and spears boarded their boats at Second Thomas Shoal.

The Philippine military chief has demanded that 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

An informative article detailing a recent gunbattle between Philippine troops and Muslim militants, resulting in casualties on both sides, in the south.

The two sides agreed to start talks this month, but continued fighting and mutual distrust have undermined process.