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93% of Filipinos see importance of regaining control of China-occupied islands – SWS

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:42:26 +0000

93% of Filipinos see importance of regaining control of China-occupied islands - SWS

MANILA, Philippines – Ninety three percent of Filipinos believe that it is important that the government regain control over China-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), based on a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

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Impeachment raps vs Duterte won’t prosper in House – solons

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:40:34 +0000

Impeachment raps vs Duterte won't prosper in House - solons

MANILA, Philippines — The possible impeachment case against President Rodrigo Duterte over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue may be impossible to prosper in the House, some lawmakers said Thursday. “Mukhang imposible… hindi kakayanin sa Senado… Kasi forward-looking ang mga congressman eh, if you believe in the Senate there is no chance, then they wouldn’t […]

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Constitution as ‘toilet paper’ is just another Duterte ‘metaphor’ – Palace

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:48:41 +0000

Another “metaphor.” This was how Malacañang has clarified President Duterte’s remark deeming the 1987 Constitution as mere “toilet paper.”

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SC justices in a bind over petition to protect West Philippine Sea

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:33:47 +0000

Justices of the Supreme Court are in a bind over a petition asking them to compel the government to protect the West Philippine Sea.

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Nene Pimentel: Nothing wrong with allowing Chinese to fish in PH EEZ

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:04:32 +0000

Nene Pimentel: Nothing wrong with allowing Chinese to fish in PH EEZ

Former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. said he saw nothing wrong with the recent pronouncement of President Duterte

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Diokno hits Duterte for likening Constitution to ‘toilet paper’

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:12:58 +0000

Diokno hits Duterte for likening Constitution to ‘toilet paper’

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Saturday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for belittling the 1987 Constitution for saying that China would tell him to use it as “toilet paper.” “Di na dapat tawaging Pangulo si Duterte sapagka’t ang pwestong iyan ay galing sa 1987 Constitution na sabi niya’y pampahid lang ng pwet,” […]

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Carpio: EEZ provision in Charter not senseless as Duterte sees it

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 08:26:37 +0000

Carpio: EEZ provision in Charter not senseless as Duterte sees it

Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Saturday (June 29) underscored the importance of a provision in the Constitution

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Lacson: Duterte may face bigger problems with jail threat vs impeachment backers

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:03:05 +0000

Lacson: Duterte may face bigger problems with jail threat vs impeachment backers

Senator Lacson raised few scenarios in relation to President Duterte’s threat against proponents of an impeachment complaint against him.

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Sotto offers fishy take on sea ‘exclusivity’

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:40:58 +0000

Senate President Vicente Sotto III won’t stand for invoking the exclusivity clause of the Constitution on the exploitation of Philippine marine resources.

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War-tested Marines from Mindanao sent to Palawan

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:02:30 +0000

War-tested Marines from Mindanao sent to Palawan

A battalion-sized war-tested Philippine Marines was pulled out from Sulu to augment the Armed Forces’ Western Command (Wescom) based in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan that dubbed itself as the “protector of the West Philippine Sea.”

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