PBBM reaffirms 'strong' US-PH partnership
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (left) and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III (right) (PNA photo by Rey Baniquet) MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday emphasized the importance of further bolstering the cooperation between the Philippines and the United States (US). This was after he reaffirmed the two countries' "strong relations' during his meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III at Malacanan Palace in Manila. "I'll be stating the obvious to say that our longest partner and ally has been the US," Marcos told Austin who paid him a c...