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Address West Philippine Sea issues
Duterte should also speak up on issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea in his last SONA, Sotto said. I hope to hear from him the issue of the West Philipine Sea. Once and for all, let’s hear it, Sotto added.
Critics have been lamenting Duterte s soft stance on China amid the ongoing territorial dispute since he took office in 2016. Vice President Leni Robredo earlier urged the government to look into the government s missed opportunities to assert the country s sovereignty.
The Philippines largely won its historic case against China before an international tribunal in The Hague on July 12, 2016, less than two weeks after Duterte s inauguration as president. The ruling invalidated Beijing s sweeping claims over the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea.
Published June 9, 2021, 4:37 PM
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is not closing its doors to Senator Manny Pacquiao and two other senators to be included in its list of nominees for the May 2022 elections.
1Sambayan convenor Howard Calleja revealed they are still open to talk to Pacquiao, Senator Panfilo Lacson, and Senate President Vicente Sotto III before the release of their final list of nominees for president and other national candidates on June 12.
1Sambayan convenor Howard Calleja (Photo from Calleja’s Facebook page)
“We are still open in as much as we are open to talk to talk to Senator Ping, or Senator Tito Sen if there is any opportunity,” Calleja, a lawyer, said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s News Channel.
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December 17, 2020 DROPPING THE BALL, MISSING THE BUS. A figure of speech, metaphor or simile often conveys better what one did than actually describing it.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III failed to submit required information for the purchase of Pfizer anti-Covid vaccines. Foreign Affairs chief Ted Locsin Jr. said Duque, without naming the health official, dropped the ball. The deal would ve have given us 10 million doses by January next year.
Duque said he didn t drop the ball as he is still negotiating with Pfizer. The first one was lost; this is a new deal he is seeking.
Duque missed the bus, said Senator Ping Lacson. The new negotiation is for outright purchase, no longer a grant or a loan, which the first one was. And the vaccines would no longer reach Filipinos first month of 2021, but in the next quarter or second half of the year. In effect, Duque is now trying to catch the next bus.