President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has decided against activating the Philippines’ mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States of America (USA) over the laser-pointing incident between the Philippine and Chinese coast guards in the South China Sea as the incident was “not enough” to trigger such defense commitments. President ...

Source: Manila Bulletin (https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/18/pbbm-wont-invoke-mdt-over-laser-incident-in-south-china-sea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pbbm-wont-invoke-mdt-over-laser-incident-in-south-china-sea)