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On China’s Use of Water Cannons in Our EEZ

We may not realize it but China derisively hitting our coast guard vessels with water cannons within our EEZ is a not-so-subtle manifestation of how little respect they have for our maritime forces, like peeing at our faces in our “own backyard”.

What to do? My consistent answer is – balance of power in WPS. How? Build alliances with more powerful countries to accomplish that. I’m thankful that the current administration, unintended or not, is doing it.

Make no mistake. I join all Filipino patriots and our international allies in saluting our personnel who regularly undertake the dangerous resupply mission, especially the Ph Marine contingent routinely posted in BRP Sierra Madre. My heart goes out to them.

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On the $500M US Aid to the AFP

Compared to the $8B US aid to Taiwan, the $500M “alms” to the Philippines is not even good enough to console an “ally” willing to share Taiwan’s risks in allowing additional EDCA sites in Northern Luzon to help facilitate movement of US war materiel and logistics in case of a China invasion.

Malaki ang pasalamat natin kay Rep. Darrel Issa (California) sa kanyang “symbolic amendment” para maambunan ang Pilipinas kahit $500M. Kinumpara ko lang ang aid sa Taiwan dahil naalala ko ang dagdag na EDCA sites sa Isabela at Cagayan na klaro ang intention ay para malapit sa Taiwan.

More than anything, I am expressing our country’s dignity and self-respect.

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Ping, Suportado ang 60-40 Joint Venture sa WPS

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – Walang oras ang dapat na masayang sa pagsisiyasat sa maaaring mapagkunan ng enerhiya sa West Philippine Sea.

Sa puntong ito, sinabi ni Senador Ping Lacson na malugod nyang sinusuportahan ang joint venture kasama ang ibang bansa sa paghahanap ng mapagkukunan ng energy resources basta masusunod ang 60-40 formula ayon sa Konstitusyon.

“I’m supportive of a joint exploration with any country, not necessarily China. We don’t have the wherewithal or technical expertise to explore oil,” ani Lacson sa mga local government officials at local business leaders.

Related: Lacson Supports ’60-40′ Joint Ventures to Explore Energy Resources in WPS
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Lacson Supports ’60-40′ Joint Ventures to Explore Energy Resources in WPS

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – There is no time to waste in exploring and harnessing the energy sources in our part of the West Philippine Sea.

On this note, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said he supports a joint venture with other countries in exploring and harnessing such energy sources, so long as they follow the 60-40 formula in the Philippine Constitution.

“I’m supportive of a joint exploration with any country, not necessarily China. We don’t have the wherewithal or technical expertise to explore oil,” the Partido Reporma standard-bearer said at a lunch with local government officials and local business leaders here.

Related: Ping, Suportado ang 60-40 Joint Venture sa WPS
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Ping, Pinangunahan ang Pagdinig Hinggil sa Pagpapalakas ng Coast Guard Para Maprotektahan ang WPS

Kailangang palakasin ang ating Philippine Coast Guard upang maprotektahan ang ating katubigan mula sa panghihimasok at pananakot sa West Philippine Sea gayundin upang mas magampanan nito ang kanilang tungkulin bilang primary maritime agency ng Pilipinas.

Ito ang binigyang diin ni Senador Ping Lacson nitong Martes nang kanyang pinangunahan ang pagdinig ng Senate subcommittee para mabigyang solusyon ang operational, administrative at organizational na isyu ng ahensya

“While we all point to the Philippine Coast Guard as the primary maritime agency of the government to strengthen our country’s sensitive frontiers in the West Philippine Sea, we can no longer keep the predicaments of the agency at bay,” ani Lacson.

Related: Lacson Leads Hearing to Strengthen Coast Guard to Protect WPS
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