PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is slated to meet with United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today (Tuesday) in Malacañang, where they are expected to tackle, among other things, the escalating tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

The high-ranking US official's visit to Manila is his second, the first being in August 2022, roughly two months after Marcos assumed the presidency and one week after US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo led the first US Presidential Trade and Investment Mission to the Philippines.

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