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Duterte’s deal with China an ‘informal agreement’: Panelo
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has an informal agreement with China that allows Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the President’s spokesman revealed Monday. Duterte earlier said he could not bar Chinese fishermen in the Philippines’ EEZ due to a “mutual agreement” he made with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Duterte’s […]
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Monsod disses Duterte for soft stance on West PH Sea: If China is our friend, we don’t need enemies!
Former socioeconomic planning secretary Winnie Monsod is disappointed at President Rodrigo Duterte for continuing to treat China with kid gloves despite its aggression in the South China Sea. Monsod, an economics professor at the University of the Philippines, disputed Duterte’s description of China as a friend. “If China is our friend, we don’t need […]
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Carpio presses Duterte on EEZ defense
MANILA, Philippines — The constitutional provision on the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not “thoughtless” and “senseless” as President Rodrigo Duterte claims, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Saturday. A fierce critic of the Duterte administration’s handling of the country’s territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea, Carpio […]
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France vows to uphold international law in SCS
MANILA, Philippines — Following President Duterte’s challenge to Western powers to help the Philippines tackle China, France emphasized it is committed to promote and defend international law and its Navy will continue patrolling the South China Sea. French Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said France made clear during the 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore […]
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South China Sea dispute: China and Philippines frictions explained – What is going on?
THE South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest waterways and subject to several overlapping territorial disputes. Here is the tensions between China and the Philippines explained – what exactly is going on? The South China Sea disputes involve both island and maritime claims among several sovereign state within the region, namely China and […]
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South China Sea: Duterte Must Do The Right Thing
In the South China Sea, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte must do the right thing: stand up to China, protect the interests, the resources, and the lives of the Filipino people from China’s aggression; the same way the Indonesian and the Vietnamese leaders did for their own people. And that could ease geopolitical risks, attracting […]
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Why the Constitution has to be defended
For three years now, the Constitution has been under relentless attack, and ironically it is the President, whose oath of office commits him to execute and defend it, who is leading the assault. Among others, the Bill of Rights has been disregarded in the conduct of the war against drugs, in the fight against insurgency, […]
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As debate rages over PH territorial claim, Carpio preaches ‘personal integrity’
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio says it is important to do the right thing, “even if you are alone against many.” File/Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News MANILA—Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Saturday told fresh graduates to protect their personal integrity in order to defend the country’s territories. Speaking at the University of the Philippines […]
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‘Atin ang Pinas’: UP community urges graduates to uphold sovereignty
MANILA — Members of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman community on Sunday joined a lightning rally urging graduates to champion Philippine sovereignty. Faculty, staff and students at the state-run university’s commencement exercises unfurled a bright red banner emblazoned with the phrase “Atin ang Pinas,” which translates to “The Philippines is ours”, as seen […]
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Duterte going the extra mile to protect Filipinos in EEZ issue – Panelo
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte is “going beyond” the constitutional provision pertaining to the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) “to serve and protect the people,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Monday morning. “He is precisely going beyond that provision using Article 2 Section 4 of the Constitution which says that the prime duty […]
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Duterte: EEZ provision in PH Constitution for the ‘senseless, thoughtless’
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday that the provision in the Constitution for the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is for the “senseless and thoughtless” and China won’t honor it. “That is a provision for the thoughtless and the senseless,” Duterte told reporters in Malacañang, referring to Section 2, Article XII of […]
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Antonio Carpio: Constitution must prevail
MANILA, Philippines — Is Recto (Reed) Bank part of Philippine territory? Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio asked this question as he admitted this is a “justiciable issue” as domestic and international laws provide conflicting answers. He said, however, that the Constitution must prevail, and it provides that the EEZ is part of Philippine territory. Carpio […]