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De Lima slams Duterte for “deafening silence” over Recto Bank incident, Locsin for “defending Chinese”

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, June 14, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for what she said was his “deafening silence” over the Recto Bank incident, and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin. De Lima issued the statement even after the Palace condemned the actions of the Chinese vessel that abandoned  22 Filipino fishermen on board a Philippine fishing boat that was sinking after the two vessels collided on June 9, and after  Locsin said the […]