Taiwan seeks security cooperation with Philippines

by AnA MArie PAMintuAn Philstar.com

TAIPEI – With the Philippines and Taiwan facing the same threat, security cooperation may be possible between the two, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Jaushieh Wu said.

Wu said he could not go into details about possible security cooperation, but that “this is one area that we

Senate to seek inquiry into ‘unadvised’ landing of US military aircraft at Naia

should think about.”

Another area, he said, is coast guard cooperation and disaster response.

Taiwan is optimistic of improved ties with the Philippines under President Marcos.

Wu told The STAR in an interview here Tuesday, June 27 that his government welcomed U.S. moves to strengthen the defense

by FAith Argosino Inquirer.net

MANILA — Senator Imee Marcos is seeking a Senate inquiry into why a United States air force aircraft purportedly landed “unadvised” at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), last June 26.

Marcos, who heads the Senate committee on foreign relations, filed Senate Resolution 667 on Tuesday (June 27), directing the appropriate panel to probe the circumstances surrounding the arrival of the US military aircraft on June 26.

In the resolution, Marcos said a Boeing C-17 strategic transport aircraft operated by the United States military, which has nine military crew and one passenger onboard, landed at Naia around 8:08 a.m. from Guam and departed the airport 10 hours later at around 6:10 p.m. before heading