Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said the Philippines does not need PH-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites if there are no bullies in the South China Sea.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Monday, August 29 said "dialogue, diplomacy, and good neighborliness" are keys to solving Philippine-China territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
"The solution depends on that. But we have to also be ready to have a long time
At least two senators, on Friday, May 27 threw their support behind President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s plan to continue and even improve the 23-year-old PH-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The VFA was signed on May 27, 1999 by Thomas Hubbard, representing the United States, and Domingo L.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Saturda night, Feb. 26, said passage by Congress of his bill establishing Philippine maritime zones would define the internal waters, the archipelagic waters, the territorial waters, and economic zones of the country.
Vice presidential candidate Senator Vi
Sen. Risa Hontiveros
(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Hontiveros issued the statement after DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that China’s new law did not concern Filipino fisherfolk because they were not armed.
“Paulit-ulit na lang bang ibabalewala ang mga banta ng Tsina? Sarili nating mga mangingisda ang mismong nagiging biktima ng pananalasa ng China, pero bakit hindi pa rin sila pinaniniwalaan ng gobyerno? Sila na nga ang nawalan ng hanapbuhay dahil sa paghahari-harian ng China, tapos, hindi pa pumapanig sa kanila ang mga taong dapat sana’y unang unang tagapagtanggol ng ating kapwa Pilipino?,” Hontiveros said.