Inviting all running enthusiasts and my fellow Filipinos to join the “Takbo para sa West Philippine Sea,” which aims to raise awareness about the WPS.

Amid agents trying to undermine the efforts of the govt to assert our rights, we have the opportunity to prove them wrong. 🇵🇭

China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on Iran's Military Strike on Israeli Territory.

'.. There should be no more delays in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2728 and the conflict must end now..'

'𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺.'
Bongbong Marcos

𝗜𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, “𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁!”…

Ireland, Spain, Norway moving closer to recognising a Palestinian state aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12…

Pushing Modi too far is one of the dumbest things Xi Jinping has done (and that's saying a lot)

Note: there will be no new Chinese BRI in Vietnam, just connecting Vietnamese-built high-speed rail with Chinese-built rail on the opposite side of the border. Hanoi simply doesn't trust Beijing enough.
cnn.com/2024/04/10/tra…

It seems that BYD is making a formal and big entry into the Vietnamese market by Q2/2024: recent announcement of finalizing a new plant in Phu Tho, northern Vietnam; hirings of local staff in Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, and more.

Chinese and Vietnamese defence ministers sign MOU on hotline between PLA Southern Theatre Command and Vietnamese navy.

The deal came as the 🇨🇳 defence minister, Dong Jun, met his 🇻🇳 counterpart in what was his first overseas trip since taking office.
scmp.com/news/china/mil…

Just the usual fare of PRC propaganda that denigrates PH into nothing more than an American puppet and vassal, shorn of any sovereign autonomy and agency. That despite Beijing's repeated claim to respect equality for every sovereign state and UN member. mfa.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_66280…

It wasn't just 'Japan Week' in DC. Glad to see President Marcos again after the historic Philippines-US-Japan trilateral sunmit.

After half-a-dozen trips across three continents across MONTHS, still seeing NAIA III has NOT FIXED the ONLY ESCALATOR heading to baggage area!? What FOURTH WORLD is this!? 🤦

🚨A 3rd 🇨🇳 #China Coast Guard ship, CCG 5303, now arriving from the west to join the vessel swarm at Scarborough Shoal in the 🇵🇭 #Philippines ' exclusive economic zone--which I first reported yesterday & was then confirmed by Philippine Coast Guard here:
gmanetwork.com/news/topstorie… Jay Tarriela

Any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or its military in the South China Sea would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), United States President Joe Biden pronounced.

mb.com.ph/2024/4/12/any-…

🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷🇰🇵 In addition to maneuvers in the South China Sea, exercises are also taking place near South Korean shores. Japan, South Korea and the United States participated in the maritime exercises on April 11 and 12.

A total of six ships were involved in the exercise: the…

Duterte: 'I assure you that if it was a gentleman's agreement, it would always have been an agreement that would keep the peace in the South China Sea.”

“A gentleman’s agreement” with the CCP?

That’s the funniest joke I’ve heard this year! 😂

news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/12…

🇨🇳🇺🇸 After a series of short training exercises in the Asia-Pacific region, two major exercises began at once in the South China Sea: one led by the Americans and the other organized by the Chinese.

🔻 The Americans launched the Cope Thunder Philippines event together with…

Senior US officials said Chinese and Russian groups were working to jointly produce drones inside Russia. They said China had also supplied 90 per cent of chips imported by Russia last year which were being used to make tanks, missiles and aircraft. ft.com/content/ecd934…

To ease tensions at Second Thomas Shoal, Beijing needs to withdraw its maritime forces from the area and cease interfering with PH exercise of its legitimate EEZ sovereign rights.

Some of these Little Pinks: after applauding the driver's patriotic move on Weibo, they open another browser to check out the latest deals on Japanese cosmetic products and electronic gadgets, or go about booking their upcoming vacations in Osaka and Kyoto. 🙃

It's a strawman argument. Instead of delving on DoC, Beijing should focus on the compulsory dispute settlement mechanisms enshrined in none other than UNCLOS, and reflect on why it refused to partake in the arbitral proceedings in 2013 and accept the 2016 award.