PH, US to keep alliance ‘relevant, responsive’: Marcos Jr.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden shake hands during their bilateral meeting at the oval office of the White House in Washington D.C. on May 01, 2023. KJ Rosales,PPA/pool MANILA — The Philippines and the United States "have identified concrete steps" to keep the traditional alliance "relevant and responsive to current emerging challenges in the defense, security and economic spheres," President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday, about a week after China's latest aggression in the West Philippine Sea. Marcos Jr. did not identify what these concrete steps were, but noted that these were "a testament…