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    • Duterte-Xi agreement on EEZ 'informal' - Palace 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 2, 2019, on page 6-15)
      Malacañang said the agreement entered by President Rodrigo Duterte to Chinese President Xi Jin Ping on allowing Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was “informal.” Presidential ...

    • Duterte-Xi meeting may tackle South China Sea dispute 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, April 21, 2019, on page 1-13)
      A Malacañang official said it would be better if President Duterte would push through with his China visit next week so he can meet President Xi Jinping and talk about the South China Sea dispute face to face. Cabinet ...

    • Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas' 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, April 29, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte returned to the Philippines on Sunday after a “highly successful” official visit to China for the Second Belt and Road Forum, Malacañang said. Mr. Duterte also said at Session III of the Leaders’ ...

    • Duterte: Abolish Pasig River agency 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, October 30, 2019, on page 12)
      President Duterte yesterday called on Congress to abolish the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC), believing it no longer has a function to perform. “If Congress is listening, abolish it. There is nothing to clean ...

    • Duterte: Boracay is government property 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 11, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      It is downright astonishing that not a single media outlet used that earthshaking announcement as its headline for what should have been a front-page news article. The mindset, it seems, is that it is too far-fetched that ...

    • Duterte: China has promised to protect PH 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2018, on page A19)
      China has assured the Philippines that it will come to its aid in the event of external threats, according to President Duterte. "China said, 'We will protect you. We will not allow the Philippines to be destroyed. We are ...

    • Duterte: China not claiming Benham Rise 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2017, on page 1-16)
      China has assured President Duterte they will not claim Benham Rise as part of its territory. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of the Executive Secretary ...

    • Duterte: Chinese incursion 'abhorrent' 

      Maralit, Kristina; Tamayo, Bernadette; Cueto, Francis; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 23, 2021, on page A1-A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government finds abhorrent the harassment of Filipino boats by Chinese coast guard ships in the Ayungin Shoal last week. Speaking at a regional summit with the Association of ...

    • Duterte: Collision a 'maritime incident': Says no need to send Navy vessels to Recto Bank 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Reyes, Victor; Nonato, Vince (Malaya, June 18, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      President Duterte yesterday downplayed as a "maritime incident" the ramming of the Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese fishing vessel at the Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea last week, and said there ...

    • Duterte: dialogue only way to deal with Beijing 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, April 28, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday said he would not mention the ruling of the arbitral court on the South China Sea dispute when he addresses leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) on Saturday. He said it ...

    • Duterte: Limit Boracay commercial activity 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2018, on page 7)
      Boracay will only be destroyed if the entire island is converted into commercial area, President Duterte warned Thursday. Speaking at the inauguration of a new power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon, the President said commercial ...

    • Duterte: No fishing in PH Rise or there will be war 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, March 1, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday warned that war could break out any group, especially foreigners, would conduct research explorations and fishing activities within the Philippine Rise without the Philippine government's ...

    • Duterte: no weapons in island occupation 

      Mendez, Christina; Simeon, Louise Maureen; Regalado, Edith; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 11, 2017, on page 6)
      No new weapons are being eyed for islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea over which President Duterte wants the military to exercise greater control. The President made the clarification yesterday at the Davao ...

    • Duterte: Nothng wrong with Manila Bay project 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, September 23, 2020, on page 9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte sees nothing wrong with the crushed dolomite project in Manila Bay as the artificial white sand beach is now being enjoyed by the public. In his address to the nation on Monday, President Duterte ...

    • Duterte: PH may soon gain fishing rights in Scarborough Shoal 

      ABS-CBN News (The Daily Guardian, October 24, 2016, on page 4)
      The Philippines may soon gain fishing rights in the highly disputed Scarborough Shoal, President Rodrigo Duterte announced Oct. 23, 2016. During his visit to typhoon "Lawin" victims in Cagayan, Duterte told local fishermen ...

    • Duterte: Sea row better left untouched 

      (The Manila Times, November 13, 2017, on page A2)
      The maritime dispute will not be on the agenda of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit, given that President Rodrigo Duterte had declared the issue “is better left untouched.” The President on Sunday ...

    • Duterte: sea row won't hurt Sino vaccine supply 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Gascon, Melvin; Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 7, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The heated exchange between Manila and Beijing over China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will not affect China’s provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. ...

    • Duterte: There will be trouble ‘if China grabs oil and uranium’ 

      Saludo, Ricardo (The Manila Times, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A5)
      Is President Rodrigo Duterte moving away from his close friendship with China? Recently, he has strongly taken issue over stern radio warnings by the Chinese to Philippine military aircraft flying near Beijing’s facilities ...

    • Duterte: This isn’t the time to fight China 

      Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2018, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday hinted that his administration would not be questioning China over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, including its aggressive construction of military facilities on several reefs ...

    • Duterte: US to blame for China sea actions 

      Laude, Jaime; Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2017, on page 1-6)
      It was the inaction of the United States that emboldened China to aggressively assert its claim in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea, including building artificial islands, many of which have evolved into ...