MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has retracted a decision to end a key defense pact with the United States, allowing large-scale combat exercises between U.S. and Philippine forces that at times have alarmed China to proceed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has ruled out any cease-fire or resumption of long-stalled peace talks with communist guerrillas and renewed a vow to destroy the insurgents in his last two years in office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pledge to defend its treaty ally if it comes under attack in the disputed South China Sea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42 people and caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital Friday after a typhoon caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs and killed at least 39 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeastern Philippines, leaving at least 13 people dead and 15 others missing, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, where rescuers were deployed early Thursday to help people flee the rising waters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon blew closer Wednesday to a northeastern Philippine region still struggling to recover from a powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction just over a week ago, officials said, adding that thousands of villagers were being evacuated again to safety.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 20 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
