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He is still cleaning up almost all government agencies. He has not even reached his 100 days in office. His security should be more tight and vigilant in providing protection for his safety. For sure many will attempt on his life now that he is already starting to crack the Pandora's box of...

Duterte Threatens to Withdraw Philippines From UN, Hits US THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 21, 2016 — 2:49 PM HKT Davao, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines' brash-talking president has threatened to withdraw his country from the United Nations in his latest outburst against critics of his...

BBC NEWS August 21, 2016 2 hours ago Mr Duterte branded UN experts critical of his anti-drugs campaign as "stupid" Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to "separate" from the UN after it criticised his war on drugs as a crime under international law. Mr Duterte said he might...

Will Rodrigo Duterte Revolutionize the Philippines' Foreign Policy? August 14, 2016 “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing,” nineteenth-century intellectual Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr once lamented about the state of French politics. In the realm of foreign policy, observers do...

Published August 13, 2016 The DFA answers the US embassy's list of concerns under President Rodrigo Duterte, but dodges Duterte's remarks against Ambassador Philip Goldberg MANILA, Philippines – The Duterte administration on Saturday, August 13, issued a statement against "unlawful" killings...

From ASEAN to China to the U.S., how will the Philippines’ new president approach foreign relations? By Nick Bisley July 19, 2016 Given his fearsome rhetoric and blunt speaking it is not surprising that many fear that the new populist president of the Philippines could have a destabilizing...

By AFP PUBLISHED: 18 July 2016 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said human rights are not a concern in his war on drugs, vowing to ignore due process and comparing himself to former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Duterte's threat came as the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joined...

In exposing the flimsiness of China’s claims, Justice Carpio had this to say: “China officially notified the world of its 9-dashed line claim only in 2009 when China submitted the 9-dashed line map to the United Nations Secretary General. Not a single country in the world recognizes, respects...

The proper answer has been given by the Permanent Court of Arbitration which is "China has no acceptable basis to support the "9-Dash Line Claim." So, stop whining and follow the rule of law.

Jul 15 2016 A member of the Philippine legal team that argued Manila's historic case against China criticized Beijing for its reaction to the landmark maritime case. Speaking for the first time at a forum at the University of the Philippines, international lawyer Lawrence Martin pointed out...

China is a party of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The PCA determined it has jurisdiction over the dispute because China is listed as a party to it. It has the authority with regards to maritime entitlements. No amount of obsfucating by Chinese propagandists will diminish the fact that it...

PCA is different from ICJ, and ICJ is UN's not PCA. But did UN ever say the ruling of PCA is invalid? UN is simply clarifying the wrong perception that PCA is ICJ and for those who do not know, there are 4 means of settling a dispute in UNCLOS: 1. by ITLOS 2. by ICJ 3. by an ad hoc tribunal...

I'm sure China spent more than $30m to Mr Tiglao to write this trash lol As everyone knows China's tactics all the way from deception to propaganda and LIES

MANILA: The Philippines urged Beijing on Thursday (Jul 14) to respect an international tribunal's ruling that rejected Chinese claims to most of the South China Sea, and said it would raise the issue at a regional summit. Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay will attend the two-day...

Our prudent and wise resort to bringing the case before the Arbitral Tribunal three years ago already placed us on high moral ground and gave us the sympathy and support of the nations that really matter (well never mind the expected contrary position of mendicant foreign states held hostage or...

Our prudent and wise resort to bringing the case before the Arbitral Tribunal three years ago already placed us on high moral ground and gave us the sympathy and support of the nations that really matter (well never mind the expected contrary position of mendicant foreign states held hostage or...