The Philippines has taken "a little bit stronger" stance in dealing with China over the West Philippine Sea but will never start a war, President Duterte said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address Monday, May 17, the President told China that any...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, May 18 called President Duterte’s move to resurrect an old issue and blame the past Aquino administration for losing the West Philippine Sea to China as a mere “malevolent diversionary scheme.” “ a malevolent diversionary scheme. Duterte’s...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the Duterte government to move on from the issue surrounding former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s back door negotiations during the time of the Aquino administration and not divert the issue about the West Philippine Sea. Gatchalian, in an interview on...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday supported President Duterte’s stance that the 2016 Arbitral Award that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea is “meaningless for now” if the purpose is to retake the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal. Foreign...
Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has nothing but praise for President Duterte over his peaceful stance in dealing with the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile discusses the West Philippine Sea issue during a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte at the...
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 17, said that China’s “might makes it right” on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as he conceded that the Philippines cannot compete because it is not equal to the Asian giant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his “Talk to...
President Duterte reiterated his stand that the 2016 The Hague ruling invalidating China's claim in the West Philippine Sea will just be rejected by China calling it "meaningless" this time around. President Duterte and former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (Manila Bulletin / Simeon Celi /...
President Duterte urged the public to demand the truth about the West Philippine Sea issue from former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, saying the Philippines lost Scarborough Shoal to China after his backchannel talks with Beijing officials. President Duterte (Simeon Celi / Presidential Photo)...
President Duterte ordered his Cabinet members to refrain from talking about the West Philippine Sea issue in public, even as he affirmed his new policy of not engaging his critics on the issue. "That's my order now to the Cabinet and to all, for the government, to refrain from discussing itong...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned President Duterte early in his presidency that “there will be trouble” if the latter insisted on drilling for oil in the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (WPS) that the Philippines and China, along with four other nations, are claiming as their own....
The Philippines should befriend China "without surrendering our rights" instead of antagonizing the Asian neighbor over the West Philippine Sea dispute, according to former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile delivers his remarks when he attended a meeting with President...
President Duterte made inaccurate references when he talked about the West Philippine Sea conflict but his position remained "consistent," Malacañang said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque came to the President's defense after an online...
