Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said a person will know when President Duterte is just making a joke if he will just use his common sense. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Malacañang/Manila Bulletin) Panelo made the statement after Duterte was criticized for...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday issued a “last warning” against those who “talked tough and ended up biting dirt” following the confusion caused by the statement of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque regarding the Philippine stand on Julian Felipe Reef in the West...
The Philippines has claims over Julian Felipe Reef but has never been in possession of the area where hundreds of Chinese vessels were spotted last March, according of a Palace official. Chinese vessels have been spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef located within the Philippines' exclusive economic...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 11, said that China honors the status quo agreement with the Philippines, insisting that there were no reclaimed islands under the Duterte administration. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace...
Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, May 11 said she is not at all surprised at President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission his promise to ride a jet ski to the Spratly islands to defend the Philippine’s rights to the territory against China was a joke, saying he waged his 2016 presidential campaign on...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday, May 11, that he knew President Duterte was only joking when the latter said he would ride a jet ski to assert the Philippines' sovereignty. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) Duterte addressed on Monday, May 10,...
President Duterte was apparently just "joking" when he promised during the 2016 presidential campaign that he would ride a jet ski to challenge China in the West Philippine Sea and assert the country's claims in the disputed waters. He even went to the extent of calling those who believed his joke...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 11 urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to lead discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regarding the prolonged presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. Hontiveros said the DFA should start actively reaching...
While President Rodrigo Duterte may consider his statements about the West Philippine Sea issue during the May 2016 elections a joke, Senator Panfilo Lacson said such pronouncements are no laughing matter. Duterte, on Monday night, admitted that his promise to ride a jet ski to Spratly Island, one...
The United States offered to mediate to resolve the 2012 Panatag Shoal standoff between the Philippines and China, but did "nothing" when the deal fell through, according to President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address Monday, May 10, the President...
President Duterte was just "taken out of context" when he likened the Philippines' landmark victory in the 2016 Hague ruling to trash and repeatedly said that China is already "in possession" of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senator Francis Tolentino (KEVIN DELA CRUZ/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
If he had ridden a jet ski to the disputed Spratly Islands as he promised in his 2016 campaign, President Duterte said he would’ve died as he doesn’t know how to swim. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his “Talk to the People” address on May 10, 2021 (Malacañang) “Ngayon kung (Now, if) ...
