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Marites Dañguilan Vitug

Reporter · PH

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Sep 8, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Marites Dañguilan Vitug

    Malaysia's 'alliance allergy' and its eyes on Balabac (opens the original)

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    This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors. After three days of meetings with Malaysian think tanks, academics, and a few from the private sector in Kuala Lumpur, it dawned on me that I knew little about our neighbor. It turns out that my knowledge of this co-founder of ASEAN, an important member, is superficial. Here are four takeaways that give me a nuanced understanding of Malaysia, a more complex country than what some of us perceive it to be — as simply pro-C

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Marites Dañguilan Vitug

    The symbolic shift: US deploys Coast Guard cutter squadron, operates off PH and Singapore (opens the original)

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    This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors. When Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary of war for policy, announced during his recent visit to Manila that four US Coast Guard (USCG) fast response cutters will “actively partner with the Philippine Coast Guard in patrolling and securing your exclusive economic zone,” it was meant to show “concrete visible support” to the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia. They will stay until next month, a USCG spokesperson to

  3. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Marites Dañguilan Vitug

    Taiwan is on the frontlines in battle for democracy (opens the original)

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    This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors. A foreigner visiting Taiwan for the first time said he expected to see soldiers on the streets and grim-faced people, as he had been closely following news reports on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) planes hovering around Taiwan’s airspace and civilian defense drills organized by the Taiwanese government, including simulations of air raids, disaster response, mobile internet outages, and evacuations. The first-time vi

  4. Article · Jul 7, 2026 · Marites Dañguilan Vitug

    Is China changing tactics in West PH Sea? (opens the original)

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    This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors. In the past six months, China’s behavior in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has been different. No ramming or tailing of our Coast Guard ships, no dangerous maneuvers in the sky, no blocking of our fishermen’s boats in Scarborough Shoal. The only incursion they did was to surreptitiously install a floating platform in Scarborough Shoal, with six Chinese personnel aboard, which was apparently used for marine scientific rese

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