Published April 28, 2021, 4:11 PM
Enough is enough.
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said China’s continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea and its relentless claim the maritime territory is part of their sovereignty should stop.
BInay made the remark following China’s statement the Philippines should “respect” Beijing’s ownership of the contested area which is well within the Philippine’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“As a people, we will always be committed to working for a peaceful solution beyond the military realm, but we cannot just allow any country to diminish our sovereignty,” Binay said in a statement.
“We are a peace-loving nation and have no hostile intent. Yet we cannot let the bullying continue by remaining scared and silent. We act with reason. It’s time to say enough,” the senator reiterated.
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“Nakakatawa ‘no, tayo magsusupply sa labas tapos ‘yong sariling atin hindi natin ma-supply (It’s funny, that we are supplying other countries when we cannot even supply for our own people),” Senator Nancy Binay said in dismay after garments exporters disclosed the plan on Wednesday, April 28.
During the hearing of the Senate economic affairs committee, Coalition of Philippine Manufacturers of PPE (CPMP) Executive Director Rosette Carrillo reiterated the group’s lament last year about the lack of demand from the government.
“The way the government purchases PPE, it is subject to certain standards, rules for purchasing, so we were subjected to the lowest cost, and unfortunately, at the same time, the Philippine market was flooded with very low-cost PPEs from China, some of them are even substandard,” Carrillo told the senators.
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Senator Risa Hontiveros has signed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 708 along with Senators Frank Drilon, Leila de Lima, Ralph Recto, Nancy Binay, Richard Gordon, Kiko Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, Grace Poe, Bong Revilla, and Joel Villanueva that condemns the illegal activities of the People s Republic of China in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. I am one with my colleagues in the Senate in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, China s incessant activities in the WPS. We are united in our call for China to uphold the rule of law and to respect our country s sovereignty. Ang resolusyong ito ay magbibigay ng malakas na senyales sa mamamayang Pilipino na katuwang niyo kami sa paglaban sa panghihimasok ng Tsina, Hontiveros said.
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Published April 27, 2021 1:41pm Fifteen senators on Tuesday filed a resolution censuring National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade over his “stupid” remark against members of the upper chamber. “Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Philippines censure Lt. General Antonio Parlade Jr. for his disrespectful, derogatory, and demeaning statements against members of the Senate following their criticism of his persistent red-tagging of civilians,” Senate Resolution 709 read. On Monday, the lawmakers drafted a resolution signed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senate President ProTempore Ralph Recto, Senators Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Sherwin Gatchalian, Leila de Lima, Richard Gordon, Risa Hontiveros, Joel Villanueva, Panfilo Lacson, Francis Pangilinan, Aquilino “Koko