By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this month, Manila's top diplomat said on Friday, with an increased trade tariff on one of Washington's top defence allies set to be discussed.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is scheduled to visit Washington soon as he underlined the strong ties between the two nations along with Japan.“We have a great relationship with Japan and the Philippines,

In the jungles, plains and mountains of Luzon, the U.S. Army is experimenting with 3D-printed drones, missile launchers and new operational maneuvers in a test of their ability to defend the Philippines’ largest island.

The Philippines is concerned about the United States' decision to impose 20% tariffs on Philippine exports but will continue to negotiate, its economic affairs minister said on Thursday.

The Philippine economy is likely to be resilient to higher US levies but faces the risk of lower foreign investments amid the global uncertainty, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Because of this scenario, nearly every conversation I have had with U.S. and Asian interlocutors about the Philippines in recent years has raised the same, uncomfortable strategic question: Would Sara Duterte revert to her father’s China-friendly policies and skepticism of the United States,

Fifteen police officers in the Philippines are in custody over their alleged role in the abductions and suspected killings of 34 cockfighting enthusiasts.

Interest in the unsolved cases has surged since the televised appearance of a witness who claimed to know where bodies had been submerged in Lake Taal.

Understand what sectors are open, restricted, or closed to foreign ownership in the Philippines under current laws and incentives.

These churchgoers caught quite a sight. Earlier this month, one eagle-eyed individual spotted a cloud formation in the shape of Jesus Christ above the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, one of the foremost religious centers in the Philippines.

"To have him return back to San Francisco to be buried at the Presidio in the last place he saw before he left America (is) amazing," said Eric Ulich of his great uncle, Cpl. Ernest Ulrich.