The Philippines has the right to strengthen its defense, the National Security Council (NSC) said Wednesday, responding to China’s call to remove the US Typhon missile deployed in the country since April last year.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that the deployment of the Typhon missile "undermines regional peace and stability." He warned that this deployment is "not in the interest of regional countries.

A Philippine plane warned a Chinese military helicopter over the South China Sea that it was "flying too close," as tension between the U.S. ally and Beijing soars.

Chinese and Philippine law enforcement agencies jointly repatriated nearly 100 Chinese nationals engaged in offshore gambling in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Wednesday.

Chinese state media on Wednesday called on the Philippines to withdraw the United States' "Typhon" intermediate range missile from the South China Sea, saying the Philippines had repeatedly broken its promises by introducing the missile system.

Revenue for the Philippine gambling industry could climb another 17% in 2025 on expected growth in electronic gaming and for integrated resorts, the country's gaming regulator chief said on Wednesday,

China says its forces have begun live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body of water between the two cou

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that will likely antagonize China.