tag US-Philippines relation

Duterte says felt rapport with Trump, assures U.S.-Philippines ties intact

EghtesadOnline: Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte described as "encouraging" his phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, during which he felt a rapport between them and gave assurance that ties were intact, despite a period of rocky relations.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 12:39

Philippines' Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan

EghtesadOnline: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out anew at the United States on Tuesday and said it could forget a bilateral defense deal if he stayed in power long enough, in the latest jarring statement from Manila about the future of the alliance.
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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 04:19

Philippine president would face obstacles in cutting U.S. arms reliance

EghtesadOnline: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would face major obstacles to following through on his threat to reduce purchases of U.S. weapons in favor of Russian and Chinese arms, including re-training a military deeply accustomed to working with the United States, experts said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 07:38

For now, U.S. tries to ignore Philippine president's broadsides

EghtesadOnline: U.S. officials are doing their best to ignore Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's hostile rhetoric and taking comfort in the fact that he has yet to translate his words into less military cooperation.
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Publish Date:04/October/2016 | 08:14

Philippines' Duterte calls U.S. envoys 'spies' over alleged ouster plot

EghtesadOnline: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided U.S. ambassadors as "spies" on Thursday, responding to a media report of an alleged American plot to destabilize his government, a job he said some envoys were appointed solely to do.
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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 06:13

Philippines' Duterte: 'bye-bye America' and we don't need your money

EghtesadOnline: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the United States on Saturday to prepare for repeal of an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment for exercises, declaring "bye-bye America", and we don't need your money.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 07:57

Philippines says to keep U.S. ties but will not be subservient

EghtesadOnline: The United States remains the "closest friend" of the Philippines but Manila wants to break away from a "mindset of dependency and subservience" and forge closer ties with other nations, the Philippine foreign minister said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:23/October/2016 | 05:50

Duterte says he wants U.S. special forces out of southern Philippines

EghtesadOnline: President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. special forces troops from a group of islands in the southern Philippines, saying their presence could complicate offensives against Islamist militants notorious for beheading Westerners.
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Publish Date:13/September/2016 | 05:36

After insult, U.S. and Clinton call for Duterte to show respect

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. State Department and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday stressed the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Manila's new leader raised worries about the future of the key alliance by calling President Barack Obama a "son of a bitch."
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 05:48