Duterte’s public address postponed for second time this week By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published May 25, 2021 2:20pm
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, said the regular Talk to the People of President Rodrigo Duterte will be postponed anew. It will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 instead. President Rodrigo Duterte’s regular public address has been postponed for the second time this week, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said this is because Duterte and his delegation just got back to Manila from a Regional Peace Council meeting in Dumaguete City held Monday afternoon. “Talk to the People will be moved tomorrow. Nakauwi na kami galing Dumaguete, ala una na. Medyo puyat po lahat, including ang mga tao sa OP [Office of the President],” Roque said in a Palace briefing, referring to the Office of the President.
Philippines Duterte issues gag order over South China Sea
Reuters | May 18, 2021 09:03 PM EDT
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the arrival ceremony for the first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive (Photo : REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez)
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday the Philippines would not waver in defence of its interests in the South China Sea, even though he had barred his ministers from talking about the situation there in public.
China s maritime conduct has been a constant problem for Duterte but he has refrained from criticising Beijing and instead praised its leadership, hoping to secure investment.
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Philippines Rodrigo Duterte issues gag order over South China Sea
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His decision follows weeks of strong rebukes of China by his ministers over the presence of hundreds of fishing vessels in the Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), fuelling tensions that have gone against Duterte s policy of rapprochement and non-confrontation with Beijing.
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In this undated handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on April 25, 2021, coast guard personnel conduct maritime exercise near Thitu island in the disputed South China sea
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has barred his cabinet from talking about the South China Sea in public, but said the gag order did not mean the country was wavering in its defence of its sovereign rights.
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