✨John✨🇵🇭🇺🇦🇹🇼 🇮🇱🎗️

Every day is a gift from God and every one that we waste is a day we can't get back.

[✨John✨🇵🇭🇺🇦🇹🇼 🇮🇱🎗️ @johnprey]

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[Win Gatchalian @WinGatchalian74]

UUNAHIN NATIN ANG EKONOMIYA

Priority natin sa Senado ang mga panukalang batas na susuporta sa micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at tutulong sa mga kababayan nating apektado ng mabagal na ekonomiya.

[Bongbong Marcos @bongbongmarcos]

We demand the immediate amendment of 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗔 to prohibit charging 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 against consumers, including the 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚-𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙭 thereon.

Hindi naman kasalanan ng consumer kung bakit nagkaroon ng system loss, kaya hindi naman tama na kailangan sila pa ang pagbabayarin dito.

#SONA2026

[Win Gatchalian @WinGatchalian74]

Ilang kuha mula sa SONA 2026 kasama ang ating mga katuwang sa gobyerno at Senate staff 📸

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

“𝐒𝐚 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠. 𝐒𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐠, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐢𝐥.”

- 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁. 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚜, 𝙹𝚛.

[Win Gatchalian @WinGatchalian74]

OPENING OF THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE 20TH CONGRESS

Makakaasa ang sambayanang Pilipino na uunahin ng Senado ang mga panukalang batas na bubuhay sa ating ekonomiya at magbibigay ng ginhawa sa lahat.

[Bongbong Marcos @bongbongmarcos]

𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 are a noble, kind, gracious, and great race.

We are not greedy. We are not racists. We are not liars.

We are respectful, and we are dignified.

We are Filipinos, and we do not yield.

𝙎𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙜, 𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙞𝙡. 🇵🇭

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

Great meeting with Philippine President Marcos to reaffirm our shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

From the South China Sea to Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor, the U.S.-Philippine Alliance makes both our countries stronger, safer, and more prosperous.

[Isabella Anderson @IsabellaAn67]

Japan is not building hundred of nuclear warheads each year.

Japan is not attacking innocent civilians in South China Sea

Japan has not turned the entire South China Sea into a warzone!

Japan is undoubtedly a model for the international community."

And, CHINA IS A BULLY.

[Sato koria @KoriaSato]

China's diplomacy comes with a plot twist:

Meet Philippines FM at ASEAN... then unleash a 2-minute high-pressure water cannon on a Filipino resupply ship near Scarborough Shoal.

Talk about saying nice to meet you with a pressure washer. CHINA IS A HYPOCRITE! @RommelFLopez

[David Walpiri @DWalpiri]

It’s documented evidence like this of Chinese aggression in Philippine water that exposes the real face behind “peaceful rise” narrative

And this is what China fears most. It shreds their propaganda. That’s why they try to suppress it, even by targeting civilians who document it

[外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) 🇹🇼 @MOFA_Taiwan]

We condemn the PRC’s use of force against Filipino naval personnel in the #SouthChinaSea. We oppose unilateral attempts to alter the status quo by force, coercion & grey-zone tactics. We urge restraint & for all parties to uphold intl’ law & safeguard a free & open #IndoPacific.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

‘WALANG HIYA TALAGA!’

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday stressed that China has no right to interfere with Philippine activities aboard the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, while refusing to confirm or deny Beijing’s claim that alleged construction activities violated a supposed provisional understanding between Manila and Beijing.

“Wala silang pakialam kung ano ang gawin natin sa teritoryo natin. Hindi nangangahulugan na kinukumpirma ko ang isang bagay o hindi kasi nilalagyan nila ng salita ang bibig natin, eh… Ang sinasabi ko, wala silang pakialam,” Teodoro said in an interview in Makati City. | via @biancadava

[BRP Sierra Madre @BRPSierraMadre]

JUST IN: China Coast Guard Water Cannons Philippine Vessel During Lawful Mission

A China Coast Guard vessel dangerously closed in on BRP Datu Dumangsil and blasted it with a water cannon for more than two minutes during a lawful fuel and food subsidy mission for Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc.

Despite the harassment, the mission was successfully completed, and no personnel were injured.

This comes just days after a Philippine Navy sailor was assaulted at Ayungin Shoal, underscoring a continuing pattern of coercive actions against lawful Philippine operations.

Harassment will not deter lawful missions. The Philippines will continue to uphold its rights and support its people in the West Philippine Sea.

#BRPSierraMadre #WestPhilippineSea #BRPDatuDumangsil #StandWithOurFrontliners #SupportOurFisherfolk #RulesBasedOrder

[SeaLight @SeaLightFound]

@thetribunechd: On tenth anniversary, 🇨🇳#China sprays invective over #SouthChinaSea ruling
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Unfortunately, the Chinese Embassy in Manila failed to scotch this bizarre gambit by Chinese academics. Ray Powell, Director of SeaLight, an organisation shedding light on maritime "grey zone" issues around the world, warned: "I've worked in two embassies. I know how normal embassies work. A normal embassy's public-affairs operation would have quickly sprung into action to squelch the explosive Batanes story with a firm statement."

Powell continued: "But that's not what the Chinese Embassy in Manila did. Why not? Because it can't. The Chinese government needs the 'possibility' that it owns Batanes to justify its newly announced claim to the #Philippines' exclusive economic zone east of Batanes, as well as its new policy of running continuous intrusive coast guard patrols there. That's why it orchestrated the supposedly independent university symposium to manufacture the case for PRC sovereignty over Batanes. The government clearly isn't ready to say it directly (yet), so it left it to 'academics' to manufacture this new territorial dispute."

On the arbitration ruling's tenth  anniversary, Powell also weighed in over China's illegal claims in the South China Sea. He pointed out, "China's arguments are as bad today as they were ten years ago, but let's review, shall we? 'Illegal, null and void' ... but repetition isn't legal analysis. The tribunal confirmed its jurisdiction, considered China's published objections and issued a final, binding award under international law. You boycotted the case. You lost it anyway...because your position is the legal equivalent of a self-licking ice cream cone."

The tribunal's ruling did not cover matters of sovereignty, but instead the Philippines asked for a ruling on China's maritime entitlements, the status of features and China's so-called 'historic rights' under UNCLOS. Powell highlighted how the court concluded China's "preposterous dashed-line claim has no legal basis".

What about China's canard about settling disputes bilaterally? "Fine," Powell exclaimed, "start with the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea.

China signed it with all of ASEAN. It pledged peaceful resolution of disputes, freedom of navigation and self-restraint - including, in its own words, refraining from inhabiting uninhabited reefs, shoals and other features. Then China dredged and filled thousands of acres of pristine reef. It seized control of Scarborough Shoal. It created an exclusion zone. It swarmed, water-cannoned and rammed Philippine vessels in waters where it has no lawful right to impose its will."

The heart of the matter is that China prefers to exert pressure on countries singly, using its heft to club others into submission. It is also notable that not a single country signed a joint declaration with China refuting the PCA's rulings on the tenth anniversary. This was a far cry from the weighty support the Philippines garnered from countries around the world.

As Powell explained, "Beijing wants the sanctity of agreements under its own tortured interpretations ... until it doesn't. That's the pattern. Beijing invokes its favourite part of the DOC...while blatantly violating the rest of the DOC to render its argument laughable. It papers over bad arguments with worse ones. And it demands bilateral talks bound by rules it systematically breaks."

China complains the situation in the South China Sea has worsened since 2016. As Powell remarked, "Golly, why do you suppose that is? Could it be because China answered the Philippines' legal victory with accelerated aggression? Sorry, but that's not a flaw in the award. That's a confession. If China defies a binding ruling under UNCLOS and abrogates the pledges it made to all of ASEAN under the DOC, why should Manila trust it alone, one on one, bound by no rule Beijing is willing to accept above its own coercive will? The award didn't create this dispute. China's behaviour did."

Full story at link in comments below 👇

[Michael Turner @Michael71T]

Chinese Ambassador to Philippines Jing Quan distanced Beijing from China Daily editorial depicting Filipinos as a monkey saying it was "just the media's action" & "nothing related to government

He is lying. The media in China can only publish what they have been asked by the CCP

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines releases additional footage of the July 20 confrontation at Ayungin Shoal, saying Philippine Navy personnel were conducting a lawful and non-confrontational operation to drive away a China Coast Guard rigid hull inflatable boat that approached the BRP Sierra Madre before Chinese personnel struck Filipino troops with wooden batons. | via @biancadava

(🎥: BRP Sierra Madre)

Related story: https://t.co/MMhcJKF9LA

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

“We urge respect for international law and the peaceful resolution of disputes. We oppose any escalatory actions in the South China Sea.” - Ambassador Sarah Hulton

Thank you very much, Madam Ambassador! 🇬🇧🇵🇭

[Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦 @CollinSLKoh]

"Despite China's detailed account of the incident and the on-site footage released by Chinese media..."

The reason is only because the so-called "detailed account" and "on-site footage" amount to nothing more than untruths to begin with, so how is that even convincing? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Additional footage from both sides showing clashes earlier today between the Chinese Coast Guard and Philippine Navy near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal located in the South China Sea.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Philippine military personnel and the Chinese coast guard got into a fight at sea

Philippine Navy personnel and the Chinese coast guard clashed on small boats in a disputed area. Oars, poles, and batons were used during the confrontation.

One of the Philippine sailors was hit on the head with a baton and injured.