POLISH PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN PH FOR OFFICIAL VISIT 🇵🇱
WATCH: Polish President Karol Nawrocki and First Lady Marta Nawrocka arrive in the Philippines ahead of the Polish leader’s official engagements in Manila.
The couple arrived at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Monday night, Oct. 5. President Nawrocki is expected to meet President Bongbong Marcos during his visit. | @TristanNodalo
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Thank you, Senator Dick Gordon, for once again lending your voice to our fight in the West Philippine Sea, and for calling out the defeatist mindset that only weakens our nation's resolve. This is not a battle for the government or the uniformed services alone. We win it only with the participation of every Filipino. 🇵🇭
“The Parties undertake to exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability…” - DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Such an honor to have played a role in making this transfer possible.
Grateful to everyone who worked behind the scenes to make this possible, and especially to the Philippine Coast Guard for taking this vessel forward.
Looking forward to seeing her at sea under the Philippine flag. 🇵🇭
Remarkable. Never heard a Southeast Asian diplomat lay into China like this. The Trump admin should back him up on every single word.
Clarity. Teodoro says that China is no longer in the gray zone; it’s outrightly coercing of its neighbors.
Candor: He accuses China of being desperate. That’s the devastating part of his remarks. Beijing always wants to project strength, but its coercion stems from deep insecurity. Teodoro is exactly correct.
Response: the audience applauded Teodoro when he concluded. Clarity and candor are stabilizing in international politics, not destabilizing.
Had the honor of hosting Secretary @giboteodoro at the National West Philippine Sea Summit two months ago.
Visionary, eloquent, and technocratic. I think he came with a note containing some talking points from his staff—but he left it on the desk and spoke candidly for a good 20–30 minutes!
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him make another run for the presidency at some point. 🇵🇭
Let me set the record straight!
Ayungin Shoal is not “Ren’ai Jiao,” and it is not China’s to claim. In its 12 July 2016 Award, the Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of UNCLOS ruled that Ayungin is a low-tide elevation lying within 200 nautical miles of Palawan — part of the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines. Under Article 13 and settled international law, a low-tide elevation is incapable of appropriation by any State. There is no sovereignty there for China to “safeguard!”
BRP Sierra Madre is an active commissioned vessel of the Philippine Navy stationed on our own continental shelf. Sustaining the Filipino sailors aboard her is neither provocative nor unlawful. It is the exercise of sovereign rights the Tribunal already affirmed as ours.
But if Beijing is genuinely troubled by permanent structures built on features that do not belong to it, then let us talk about Panganiban Reef/Mischief Reef.
The very same Tribunal found Panganiban Reef to be a low-tide elevation within the Philippine EEZ and continental shelf. It ruled that China’s artificial island-building there violated Articles 60 and 80 of UNCLOS, breached our sovereign rights, caused severe harm to the marine environment contrary to Articles 192 and 194, and aggravated the dispute while the case was still being heard.
So the demand runs the other way. It is China that should dismantle and vacate its illegally reclaimed artificial island at Panganiban Reef — 129 nautical miles from Palawan, and more than 600 nautical miles from Hainan.
One last thing. We were told these facilities were meant to shelter fishermen, to support search and rescue, to provide weather services and public goods.
Ten years on: a 3-kilometer runway, hangars, radar domes, and missile shelters.
So, Foreign Minister Wang Yi — where exactly is the fishermen’s shelter?
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Simu Liu says he would “walk through a mile of broken glass” to do a ‘SHANG-CHI’ sequel.
“It means the world to me that so many fans responded so strongly to it and are still responding to it.”
(Source: @joshuahorowitz)
Win Gatchalian voted YES to:
- TRAIN Law
- extensions of Duterte's Martial Law
- Anti-Terror Law
- Maharlika Fund
- requesting ICC for house arrest of Duterte
- oust De Lima & halt the drug war probe
- abstained on the burial of Marcos Sr. in LNMB
All of which Risa voted NO to.