But how exactly did we get here? August 2011 — The Philippines ratified the Rome Statute, the treaty which established the ICC, and became the 117th member of the independent body that seeks to ...

Here is a timeline of key events this year that have escalated tensions between the Philippines and China: JANUARY 3 — The Philippines and the United States carry out their second joint patrol ...

After September 11, the Bush administration responded forcefully to help the Philippines combat its homegrown "terrorists" -- the Muslim separatists who have turned the island of Mindanao into a ...