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Del Rosario engages in disinformation re coverage of MDT

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS THE day after U.S. President Barack Obama left Manila, Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario issued the following statement: “Under the Mutual Defense Treaty, the United States will come to the assistance of the Philippines if our metropolitan territory is attacked or if our Armed Forces are attacked in the Pacific area. “In

Del Rosario engages in disinformation re coverage of MDT

BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal: Test for MDT

THE rising tension at the Ayungin shoal, just 21 nautical miles from Mischief Reef where China has built fortifications, could be a test on the usefulness of the 1951 PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty In its statement issued last Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said:  “The BRP Sierra Madre, a commissioned Philippine Naval Vessel, was

BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal:  Test for MDT