MANILA, Philippines — The military command with jurisdiction over the West Philippine Sea welcomed a new chief on Tuesday, as the old commander, Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, took a personal leave after ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Command (Wescom) in Palawan is seeking more military assets to boost its maritime patrol and surveillance in the West Philippine Sea.

A RANKING Chinese official on Tuesday presented a recorded phone conversation purportedly between an embassy diplomat and Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, chief of the Western Command (Wescom), who said the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The military official named by the Chinese embassy as the one who approved a “new model” for managing the BRP Sierra Madre issue has been relieved of his post as commander of the ...

[FILE] Philippine troops fire a Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System or ATMOS during a joint military exercise called “Balikatan”, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder at Capas, Tarlac province, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Some of the key staff of the military’s Western Command (Wescom) were simultaneously relieved from their posts this week following the replacement of their former commander, Vice ...

(UPDATE) THE former commander of the Western Command (Wescom), Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, told the Senate Wednesday that he did not make any secret deals with China on a "new model" to manage resupply ...

'As allies, the United States and the Philippines coordinate on a wide array of issues of shared concern,' says a spokesperson for the US embassy in Manila Coordination over what? Both Philippine and ...

The Philippine military on Saturday said it did not monitor any damage or casualties from China’s Long March 12 rocket launch on Friday. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western ...