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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner shake hands upon Hegseth's arrival at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Philippines, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

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Hegseth tells Philippines the Trump administration will ramp up deterrence against China threat
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Fri,03/28/25-12:38AM , 78 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would work with allies to ramp up deterrence against threats across the world, including China’s aggression in the South China Sea.
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Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro gestures as he answers questions during an interview with the Associated Press at the Department of National Defense headquarters in Quezon city, Philippines on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file)

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Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Mon,03/24/25-7:50AM , 64 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country would accept and said that Chinese President Xi Ji
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte checks the scope of a Chinese-made CS/LR4A sniper rifle during the presentation of thousands of rifles and ammunition by China to the Philippines at Clark Airbase in northern Philippines on June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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Duterte refused fingerprinting and threatened lawsuits during chaotic arrest, Philippine police say
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Thu,03/13/25-7:01AM , 127 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened a police general with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers “you have to kill me to bring me to The Hague” in a tense confrontation after his arrest in Manila that was ordered by the
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Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte speaks inside the Southorn Stadium during a thanksgiving gathering organized by Hong Kong-based Filipino workers for the former populist president in Hong Kong on March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen, File)

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Arrested Philippine ex-President Duterte to face legacy of thousands killed in drug crackdown
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Mon,03/10/25-11:56PM , 139 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who left a savage legacy from his deadly anti-drugs crackdown, was arrested on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for c
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