Tag: Kota Island

Palace: President Duterte “effectively” invoked tribunal ruling when he told China to lay off Pag-Asa Island

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte already invoked the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Spratly Islands even before a Palace statement that invoked the same over the weekend, Malacañang said on Monday, April 15. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Duterte “effectively” did this when he told China to “lay off Pag-Asa Island.” “Effectively his previous statement earlier—when he said ‘do not touch our property and if you do any harm to our soldiers, we […]

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Palace: Country’s sovereignty “non-negotiable”

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, April 11, said the country’s sovereignty was “non-negotiable.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement even after the Department of Foreign Affairs filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-Asa Island. Panelo had said the government would  file a diplomatic protest if media reports on the presence of Chinese vessels near Kota island were also proven to be true. “We are just reciprocating the […]

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