MANILA — The upcoming trilateral summit between the United States (US), Philippines, and Japan will include an agreement to maintain security and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

MANILA, Feb 2 — The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift which threatens Marcos's reform agenda and risks fuelling instability.

MANILA, Jan 31 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said there is no rift between his Vice President Sara Duterte and himself, after both her brother and father strongly criticised him.

BEIJING, July 18 — China’s President Xi Jinping told former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to continue promoting cooperation between the two countries, after bilateral relations cooled with Duterte’s successor seeking closer ties with Washington.

MANILA, May 12 — A Philippine court on Friday acquitted former senator Leila De Lima, one of the fiercest critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, of a criminal charge stemming from allegations that as a cabinet minister, she received money from drug dealers.

MANILA, March 22 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows foreigners to possess full ownership of telecommunications, airlines, mass communications, expressways, and tollways, among others, reported Xinhua.

MANILA, Nov 30 — Philippine Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, the preferred successor of Rodrigo Duterte, said on Tuesday he was withdrawing his candidacy for presidency.

MANILA, Aug 24 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose single six-year term ends next year, has accepted the ruling political party’s endorsement to run for vice president in the 2022 elections, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday.

MANILA, April 3 — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has extended a strict lockdown in the capital region and adjacent provinces by at least one week to try to contain a renewed surge in Covid-19 infections, his spokesman said on Saturday.

MANILA, Dec 23 — The Philippine government said on Wednesday that it would suspend all flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus detected there, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

MANILA, Oct 27 —  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption, adding that Manila would not beg other nations for access to vaccines.

MANILA, Aug 13 — The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May next year, the presidential spokesman said on Thursday.

MANILA, Aug 11 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.

MANILA, Aug 6 — The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in East Asia.

MANILA, July 21 — The Philippines said on Tuesday it would ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus amid a sharp rise in infections and deaths since a lockdown was eased in June, while President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to arrest anyone not wearing a mask.