4 articles tagged with #Philippines
PoliticsPhilippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is in Japan for the first state visit by a Filipino leader in over a decade, with China's South China Sea assertiveness firmly at the top of the agenda.
PoliticsA jailed witness told a Philippine House impeachment hearing that former president Rodrigo Duterte allegedly plotted to remove President Marcos Jr. from office, and even considered assassination as a last resort if a power-sharing deal collapsed.
PoliticsThe Philippines has urged Myanmar's military junta to grant the ASEAN Special Envoy access to detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, just one day before the 48th ASEAN Summit opens in Cebu.
PoliticsThe Philippine Senate was locked down after gunshots were fired inside the building as police commandos moved in on a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court who had sought refuge there.
