Attacks vs. US, PH ships, aircraft in Pacific, SCS to trigger MDT

THE BILATERAL Defense Guidelines between the United States and the Philippines have emphasized that an attack in the Pacific, including any part of the South China Sea against public vessels, aircraft or armed forces of the two nations will result in the invocation of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) commitments.

PH-US 1951 MDT still 'under negotiation, evolution': PBBM

THE 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and the United States (US) remains under "negotiation and evolution," President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday.