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Duterte admits US vaccine donations persuaded him to cancel VFA termination enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 3) — President Rodrigo Duterte revealed on Monday that COVID-19 vaccine donations from the United States played a role in his decision to recall the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement. “Give and take lang tayo, so pasalamat tayo sa kanila at may naibigay naman ako sa kanila na (we thank them, and I also gave them a) concession," he said during his televised weekly address. "I conceded the continuance of the Visiting Forces Agreeme...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Friday, July 30. Austin is visiting Manila to hold talks with Philippine officials to boost defense ties and possibly discuss the The Visiting Forces Agreement between the US and Philippines. MANILA, Philippines — 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...

I fully support the President's decision in changing his earlier stand to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement. Whatever underlying conditions there are in arriving at that decision, if it was connected to additional vaccine donations or any other reasons, I'm sure President Rodrigo Duterte was influenced by the interest of the country and our people. That being said, the termination of the VFA would have done our country's security situation more harm than good, especially at this time when incursions into our exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea have become more aggressive ...

Published July 30, 2021, 3:37 PM (SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) About 47 percent of adult Filipinos are saying that the government is not doing enough to assert the country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea, a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) and sponsored by Stratbase Albert Del Rosario (ADR) Institute showed. The June 23-26, 2021 survey with 1,200 respondents found 47 percent of adult Filipinos agreeing–consisting of 18 percent (strongly agree and 29 percent who somewhat agree) and 24 percent disagreeing (consisting of 15 percent somewhat disagree and 9 percent strongly di...

Philippines to restore military deal with US with eye on China ANI | Updated: Jul 30, 2021 13:14 IST Washington DC [US], July 30 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday thanked Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for "full restoration" of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on the deployment of US troops in the country. This decision was announced during the last leg of Austin's Southeast Asian trip to hold high-level discussions on security issues. "Thank you, Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana, for discussing a range of defense to...