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) ...
Even as he touted the Philippines’ readiness last year to purchase coronavirus vaccines to end the pandemic, President Duterte admitted Monday that the country was once “at a loss” on where to get the vaccines. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on May 10, 2021...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. blamed the previous administration for withdrawing the Philippine Navy vessel first during the 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff that eventually left the features to the possession of the China. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. discusses the...
President Duterte said that China can shower the Philippines with coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines all it wants but he will never surrender the country's claim to the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement following criticisms of his remarks...
After being ridiculed as a coward by Filipinos online, President Duterte said he was not afraid of retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and that he backed out of his debate challenge to him because he forgot that Carpio was not the president. President Duterte...
