ASEAN – Singapore hosts Shangri-La Dialog, an annual rally of senior defense officers across Asia and beyond.  This dialogue, the largest  gathering of senior military officials in Asia, is not actually hosted by the Government of Singapore. Rather, the event is hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, an independent think tank. However, the Government of Singapore is helping …

Philippines – Just after bagging support for the controlling PDP-Laban party, official aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. presently can’t seem to procure his much-trusted support from the current President Rodrigo Duterte. In view of this, Last March 24, Palace representative Martin Andanar affirmed last week that Duterte met with Marcos, yet he said the active president just discussed his encounters …

METRO MANILA – According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the country needs to balance its ties with the two superpowers when the issue of South China Sea territory is concerned. Lorenzana believes that Philippines should not get involved when the two major country are hurling accusations with each other. He also lauded the President’s decision to stop holding drills with …