No doubt, India has not been sitting idle all this while. Besides QUAD, which is a formal strategic ‘partnership’, India has been forging strategic bilateral ‘partnerships’ with littoral democracies that are similarly under threat by an openly aggressive China, such as Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, Malaysia etc.
In 1995, the Philippines had noticed strange Chinese military structures coming up on Mischief Reef in its Spratly Islands.
The death toll from a landslide in a mining town in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines has climbed to 98, a regional disaster prevention office said.
The death toll due to landslides and severe flooding in the Davao region in Philippines has risen to 15, as per official data on Sunday.
Naval Base Camilo Osias, a seemingly inconspicuous military facility on the northern tip of the Philippines' largest island, is quietly undergoing transformative changes that belie its unassuming appearance.
The Covid-19 death toll in the Philippines has increased to 66,030, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest update on Tuesday.
To counter China's aggressive territorial posturing in the South China Sea, the Philippines agreed to provide the United States with expanded access to its military bases, implying US forces will have a greater strategic footing on the southeastern edge of the South China Sea close to self-ruled Taiwan, CNN reported.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits the southern Philippines on Wednesday with no immediate reports of damage or injury, local media said.
The founder and CEO of Rappler, a news site, Ressa was cleared of four cases which could have landed her 34 years in prison.
A kabaddi coach from Punjab's Moga, Gurpreet Singh Gindru (43) was shot dead in the capital city of the Philippines on Tuesday, said Manila Police.
