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Check out what’s hot in the region on May 23 as The Nation puts together headlines from members of Asia News Network (ANN). Click to read more:

Presumptive Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he has met with Washington’s top diplomat in the country and discussed the “re-signing or the extension” of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States.

Seven people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire on Monday, with seven passengers still missing, the coast guard said.

The camp of presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will seek the dismissal of the petitions filed against him before the Supreme Court, his lawyer said on Friday.

Check out what’s hot in the region on May 19 as The Nation puts together headlines from members of Asia News Network (ANN). Click to read more:

Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr said his country’s relations with China will expand and shift to a higher gear under his administration, while Beijing has assured him of its support for his “independent foreign policy”.

Check out what’s hot in the region on May 17 as The Nation puts together headlines from members of Asia News Network (ANN). Click to read more:

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr’s landslide presidential election win was secured with a social media disinformation campaign that whitewashed his father’s brutally corrupt dictatorship, falsifying not only Philippine history but also his own education credentials.

Check out what’s hot in the region on May 13 as The Nation puts together headlines from members of Asia News Network (ANN). Click to read more:

MANILA, Philippines — US president Joe Biden spoke with presumptive Philippine president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. following the national elections, expressing his intentions to continue strengthening the alliance between the two countries.

Check out what’s hot in the region on May 12 as The Nation puts together headlines from members of Asia News Network (ANN). Click to read more:

MANILA, Philippines — The decisive victory of former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the presidential election last Monday is expected to reshape the country’s relations with China and the United States as he seeks closer ties with Beijing without ruining an alliance with Washington as what outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte did.