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+ Follow Mutual Defense Treaty Tag
Mutual Defense Treaty
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                    [ArticleID] => 2306991
                    [Title] => Philippines, US declare Mutual Defense Treaty covers both countries
                    [Summary] => In a joint statement issued on Friday, both defense secretaries reaffirmed U.S. support for the Philippines in the wake of the recent West Philippine Sea incident involving China.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-27 11:40:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807953
                    [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/10/27/philippines-us-soldiers_2023-10-27_11-43-20676_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2258074
                    [Title] => Manila cops detain 2 youth activists after US Embassy rally
                    [Summary] => The police did not say that the two arrested actually threw the paint at the US Embassy, but said neither of them could show permits for the protest.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-04-11 09:39:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
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                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/04/04/dolomite-beach-cops_2023-04-04_09-41-37_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2245890
                    [Title] => Marcos not keen on invoking US Defense Treaty after Chinese laser attack
                    [Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says that invoking the country's Mutual Defense Treaty with the US would be counterproductive as of now.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-02-18 12:28:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806091
                    [AuthorName] => James Relativo
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/02/18/marcos-pma_2023-02-18_12-10-41721_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2240725
                    [Title] => US, Phl mull potential restoration of bases
                    [Summary] => Invoking the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty – acknowledging and repeatedly stressing its applicability in the West Philippine Sea (a Philippine proposition earlier rejected by the Obama administration) – the United States appears to be angling to use Subic Bay once more as its naval base in this part of the world.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-01-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133567
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804785
                    [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 2239204
                    [Title] => Philippines, US plan to ‘expedite’ completing EDCA projects, adding locations
                    [Summary] => The Philippines and the United States are looking to fully implement the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement through finishing projects and adding more locations in a bid to highlight the importance of the Mutual Defense Treaty.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-01-21 09:12:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807382
                    [AuthorName] => Kaycee Valmonte
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/01/21/balikatan-aurora2018-05-0711-11-28_2023-01-21_09-13-18875_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2225420
                    [Title] => Marcos: Harris visit 'very strong symbol' of Philippines-US alliance
                    [Summary] => "I have said many times, I do not see a future for the Philippines that does not include the United States," President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-11-21 15:27:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807382
                    [AuthorName] => Kaycee Valmonte
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/11/21/afp-kamala-harris-arrival_2022-11-21_07-39-5668_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2161243
                    [Title] => People's initiative vs VFA, EDCA itinulak ni Ka Leody para sa 'independent foreign policy'
                    [Summary] => Bilang bahagi ng kanyang krusadang "independent foreign policy" — kung saan malayang makakapagdesisyon ang Pilipinas nang hindi naiimpluwensyahan ng dayuhang interes — itinutulak ni presidential candidate Ka Leody de Guzman na pwedeng gamitin ang people's initiative kung hindi ito suportahan ng Senado.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-16 15:31:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806091
                    [AuthorName] => James Relativo
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/02/16/balikatan201922020-01-3011-46-21_2022-02-16_15-14-17387_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2130795
                    [Title] => China tried to stop Philippines-US defense treaty review — Lorenzana
                    [Summary] => "When I first brought the idea of revisiting the MDT, the former Chinese ambassador (Zhao Jianhua) came to me and said, 'Please do not touch the MDT. Leave it as it is,'" Lorenzana said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-09-30 09:42:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1645031
                    [AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/09/30/snd-lorenzanajpg_2021-09-30_09-39-31911_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2129642
                    [Title] => Commentary: 2014 EDCA enables 1951 MDT commitments
                    [Summary] => In December 2018, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed that the Department of National Defense was reviewing the 1951 Philippine-US Mutual Defense Treaty as he questioned its relevance in the second decade of the 21st century. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-09-25 11:35:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805123
                    [AuthorName] => Renato Cruz De Castro
                    [SectionName] => News Commentary
                    [SectionUrl] => news-commentary
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/balikatan-aurora_2018-05-07_11-11-28541_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2115386
                    [Title] => Duterte sa SONA: US hindi agad sasaklolo kung Tsina gerahin 'Pinas sa West Philippine Sea
                    [Summary] => Hanggang sa huling State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ayaw pa ring itodo ng presidente ang paggigiit sa tagumpay ng Pilipinas kontra Tsina sa 2016 arbitral ruling ng West Philippine Sea — wala pa rin daw kasing kalaban-laban ang mga Pinoy kung mauwi ito sa gera.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-07-26 20:58:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806091
                    [AuthorName] => James Relativo
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/07/26/pagasa-beaching-ramp2020-03-0611-55-332020-07-2718-53-17_2021-07-26_20-53-28633_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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