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<b>ARAYAT, PAMPANGA -- President Rodrigo Duterte warned Tuesday the Filipinos that they may sacrifice "a little bit," citing possibilities that the United States may cut its alliance with the Philippines.</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><b>"I am asking the Filipino in the coming days, 'If the America would really make true of [cutting ties with the Philippines], I'm going to ask you to sacrifice a little bit," Duterte said after he inspected the mega shabu laboratory at the foothill of Mt. Arayat in Pampanga.<br /><br />Duterte made the statement as he hinted that the US may severe ties with the Philippines, following his series of tirades against its officials and latest pronouncement that he might "cross the Rubicon" with the America.<br /><br />The President has lamented that the US seemed to have a lack of support with the Philippines, even though they are allies for a long time.<br /><br />While he clarified that he would not cut ties with the US, Duterte confirmed that he will pursue an alliance with other countries like China and Russia.<br /><br />"By next year, I would have entered an alliance with so many countries," the 71-year-old chief executive said.<br /><br />In a press conference held earlier in the day, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said there was nothing wrong if the Philippine government would accept any assistance from China and Russia.<br /><br />He said the Duterte administration has to entertain all possibilities in pursuit of best interest of the country.<br /><br />"The President is saying -- based on what I understand -- that if there is an offer from other countries, such as China and Russia, insofar as let’s say engaging our country with trade relationship and such other arrangements or assistance that they’re willing to offer, we should not be arrogant to reject it,” Yasay said.<br /><br />“You know, we have to pursue that because this is precisely in pursuance of our national interest,” he added.<br /><br /><br /><br /></b><h3>
<b> SOURCE: <a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2016/09/27/duterte-filipinos-may-sacrifice-little-bit-if-us-break-ties-ph-500192">SUNSTAR</a></b></h3>

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<b>The annual Philippines Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) will be held from October 4 to 12 in multiple locations in Luzon, including Palawan, which fronts reefs and outcrops that are being contested by Manila and Beijing, according to an embassy statement.</b></div>
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<b>It will be the first war games between the two treaty allies under the new Philippine leader Duterte, who has hit out at the United States for criticizing his bloody war on drugs.</b></div>
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<b>Approximately 1,400 US servicemen based in Okinawa and 500 Filipino soldiers will train "side-by-side to grow capabilities and better prepare to operate together during a natural disaster or armed conflict," according to the statement.</b></div>
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<b>“Exchanging expertise and cultivating our longstanding security alliance provides a cornerstone for security and stability in the region, and has for decades," said said Brigadier General John M. Jansen, commanding general of the US 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.</b></div>
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<b>Aside from live-fire drills, PHIBLEX 33 will also have humanitarian and civic assistance components, the embassy said.</b></div>
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<b>The US will field three amphibious attack and transport ships: USS BHR, USS Green Bay and USS Germantown while the Philippine Navy will deploy its newest strategic sealift vessel, the BRP Tarlac, the embassy said.</b></div>
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<b>Duterte this month said US Special Forces in Mindanao "must go" to give way to the government's peace negotiations with Muslim rebels. He later clarified that Manila needed Washington to defend its interests in the South China Sea.</b></div>
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<b>Angered by American officials' criticism of his anti-narcotics drive, Duterte threatened to curse at US President Barack Obama and raised US wartime abuses during its occupation of the Philippines in the early 1900s.</b></div>
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<b>This week, Duterte said Obama was welcome to join an international investigation on the mounting deaths linked to his war on drugs.</b></div>
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<b>Duterte has also signaled a thaw in ties with China that have been strained a bitter sea row. He appointed ex-President Fidel Ramos as special envoy to Beijing to discuss a United Nations-backed arbitration court's ruling that favored the Philippines.</b></div>
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