Philippines to ramp up US military ties amid ‘aggressive’ China


MANILA: The Philippines is planning "more robust” military activities with the US and its allies in the face of a "more aggressive” China, the Nation’s top defence official said.

"The alliance with the US is extremely strong,” Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr (pic) said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Wednesday (Jan 17) in his office in Manila.

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