Credit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 07:54:36 +0000
FOUR opposition candidates for senator were barred from the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the coast of Zambales on Monday. Four of the senatorial bets who held their sortie in Masinloc…READ
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Read moreIt appears that the submissive response chosen by our government as a reaction to China’s aggressiveness of China towards Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea has begun to take its toll.
Read moreSeveral people were disappointed with the 120th anniversary celebration of our Independence Day last Tuesday in Kawit, Cavite led by President Duterte. They expected the Chief Executive to discuss the country’s foreign threats to our independence, particularly China’s harassment of our fishermen and navy.
Read moreActing Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio said the Philippines cannot invoke sovereign rights over the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal since the 2016 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) did not settle the dispute with China for lack of jurisdiction.
Read moreChina has assured the Philippines that it has no policy of harassing Filipino fishermen at Panatag or Scarborough Shoal and has started an investigation into the incident involving some of its Coast Guard personnel.
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