A high-ranking Filipino diplomat has underscored the importance of the 2016 Arbitral Award as part of the international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), amid the regional uncertainty caused by China’s continued aggressive stance in the South China...
Malacañang said President Duterte has nothing more to prove after Filipinos online called the Chief Executive a coward for backing from his challenge to Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque has challenged Vice President Leni Robredo to a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue as she also supposedly claims that the Philippines lost part of its territory to China under the Duterte administration. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President...
President Duterte is unlikely to get impeached from office over his policies on the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang asserted Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque has rejected allegations made by former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio...
Senator Leila de Lima said on Monday, May 10, that President Rodrigo Duterte proved to be a "loser" when he backed out of a prospective debate with former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Manila Bulletin) De Lima said it was clear Duterte...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo is willing to debate with former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on the issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea after President Duterte backed out of the challenge. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Malacañang/Manila...
Opposition Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday urged the public to stop debating on the cancelled face-off between President Duterte and retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio on the West Philippine Sea issue, saying China is the one benefitting on this row. Pangilinan reiterated...
Vice President Leni Robredo said it would have been a good public discourse to see the debate between President Duterte and former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue because a lot of Filipinos don’t understand it. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
President Duterte’s recent statements that China is already in possession of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and that the arbitral award in 2016 was a “mere scrap of paper” showed that he is siding with China, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 9. (VP Leni Robredo Facebook/Manila...
Malacañang should just keep mum about the debate that has been canceled between President Duterte and former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, May 8. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) The senator gave the unsolicited...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Saturday, May 8, defended President Duterte after the latter backed out from his challenge to debate with former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Antonio Carpio on issues about the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa speaks in the Senate on June,...
Amid the word war between President Duterte and retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Muntinglupa Representative Rozzano ‘’Ruffy’’ Biazon on Saturday, May 8, said the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be a high priority issue in the coming 2022 presidential elections. TIGHT WATCH...
