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France hopes to cash in on Philippine armed forces' modernisation

Sitting just south of the Taiwan Strait in the South China Sea, the Philippines is pouring money into modernising its armed forces, starting with the navy. Paris, which is poised to appoint a defence attaché to Manila, is pushing to have French industry involved.

Military Concession at Subic Bay?

After recruiting personnel in Latin America and India to cut back on costs, Western security companies are looking increasingly at the Philippines.

Terrorism

The most recent terrorist attack in Mindanao in the Philippines [...]

CHINESE MAFIA BEHIND KIDNAPPINGS

According to East Asian Affairs (Indigo Publications), quoting business sector [...]

RAMOS CLEANS UP THE POLICE

President Fidel Ramos, who commanded the Philippine Constabulary (PC) for 12 years before it became a civilian service last year [...]

The New Peoples Army (NPA) has charged recently that Israeli [...]

TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES STILL HELD

According to official sources, rebels of the New Peoples Army (NPA) still hold two Americans: a retired sixty-three year old [...]