Uncertain over how enduring US support will be and wary of relying on any ally, Vietnam is just as carefully cultivating ties with ancient foe China. "Vietnam doesn't want an imbalance of power in the region that could lead to war," said Tran Cong Truc, a former head of the National Boundary Commission who spent decades defending Vietnam's maritime claims.

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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Friday filed third complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) against controversial cigarette maker Mighty Corporation.

President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to Islamist militants on Friday to abandon hostilities and start dialogue in an effort to end their bloody occupation of a southern city that experts called a major blow to regional security.

Why have members of the Maute Group in Marawi City become a formidable opponent of government forces? It's because they have friends, relatives, and supporters, who allegedly include private armed groups of narco-politicians in Lanao del Sur and ISIS foreign fighters.

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President Rodrigo Duterte said the “series of violent attacks” of the “Maute terrorist group,” including its May 23 mass action in Marawi City aimed at cutting off the area from control of the Philippine government, had prompted him to place the entire island of Mindanao under martial law.

It is “constitutionally mandatory” for the Senate and the House of Representatives to convene in joint session to revoke or not President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration, a senior lawmaker said.

Former Abu Sayyaf senior leader Isnilon Hapilon, who is reportedly now the emir of the Islamic State forces in the Philippines and was seen with members of the Maute Group when it attacked Marawi, is still in the city and "is not in good condition."

Another explosion took place in Brgy. Marbel (Embac), Kidapawan City in North Cotabato past 2 p.m., Friday, May 26, hurting two policemen.

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The Philippine government is planning to invite Russian weapon manufacturers to set up shop in Limay, Bataan, which is being eyed to be developed into a major center for arms production.