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    • Rody raises SCS ruling to UN: Carpio, Del Rosario hail move 

      Romero, Alexis; Regalado, Edith; Lee-Brago, Pia; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, September 24, 2020, on page 1-2)
      He promised to raise the issue at the right time. Before the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Duterte vowed to reject efforts to undermine the arbitral ruling that voided China’s ...

    • Rody rallies support for sea code 

      Mendez, Christina; Punay, Edu (The Philippine Star, March 21, 2017, on page 1-12)
      In a bid to avoid tension in disputed areas in the South China Sea, President Duterte called for support for the approval of a Code of Conduct (COC) among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ...

    • 'Rody scoring actual gains for Phl sovereignty' 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2018, on page 2)
      While President Duterte appears to be pro-China and "defeatist" based on his public pronouncements on the West Philippine Sea, his administration has actually taken concrete action to protect the country's sovereignty in ...

    • Rody sets Cabinet meeting on climate change 

      Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, November 11, 2016, on page 15)
      President Duterte has scheduled a Cabinet meeting on climate change after the ongoing conference on the subject in Marrakech, Morocco, a Cabinet official said yesterday. Former Kabataan party-list representative Terry ...

    • Rody signs EO renaming Benham ‘Philippine Rise’ 

      Medez, Christina (The Philippine Star, May 23, 2017, on page 1)
      In a bid to assert the Philippines’ sovereign rights over Benham Rise, President Duterte has signed Executive Order 25 renaming the undersea region as Philippine Rise. The EO that Duterte signed on May 16 also directed the ...

    • Rody slams China over WP Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 16, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has urged China to “temper” its behavior in the South China Sea in a rare criticism of the Asian superpower over its program of island-building in disputed waters. China has alarmed and ...

    • Rody to 'ignore' SCS ruling for 60-40 deal with China 

      Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, September 12, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The Duterte administration will ignore the 2016 international arbitral court ruling favoring the Philippine position on the South China Sea to ensure “economic activity” in the country’s exclusive economic zone, including ...

    • Rody to Asean leaders: promote peace amid sea row 

      Mendez, Christina; Regalado, Edith (The Philippine Star, September 11, 2016, on page 8)
      President Duterte has urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to work together for peace and stability in the region amid the conflict over the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea as well ...

    • Rody to ask China for Scarborough fishing access 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, October 11, 2016, on page 1-2)
      Days before leaving for a state visit to China, President Duterte yesterday said he would set aside the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal issue for now but vowed to ask the Chinese government to allow Filipinos to fish in the ...

    • Rody to ban fishing in Panatag lagoon 

      Romero, Alexis; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2016, on page 1-13)
      Filipinos can again fish at Panatag (Scarborough), but President Duterte will soon keep them out of the shoal’s lagoon when he declares it a marine protected area. Filipinos will still be allowed to fish outside the lagoon ...

    • Rody to discuss sea row in Vietnam; Japan, China visits eyed 

      Nilles, Giovanni (The Philippine Star, September 24, 2016, on page 9)
      The South China Sea will be among the issues to be taken up by President Duterte when he goes on a working visit to Vietnam next week. Vietnam, like the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, has a claim in the South ...

    • Rody to fishermen: just be patient 

      Nilles, Giovanni; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2016, on page 1-16)
      Before leaving for China, Duterte announced on several occasions that the issue of fishing at Panatag Shoal would be among the issues he would discuss with his Chinese counterparts. He said he would “ask” the Chinese to ...

    • Rody to ink Paris climate pact 

      Brago, Pia; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, November 8, 2016, on page 1-9)
      Bowing to the will of his Cabinet, President Duterte has changed his mind and is now ready to sign the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. Duterte acceded to the near-unanimous position of his Cabinet after discussing ...

    • Rody to push for sea code amid US-China discord 

      Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, November 15, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday urged China to show the way forward, now that it has occupied and built up disputed territories in the South China Sea. “You’re there, you’re in possession, you occupied it. Then tell ...

    • Rody to send back 17 Vietnamese poachers 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, November 2, 2016, on page 12)
      President Duterte is set to visit this town today to send back to their homeland 17 Vietnamese fishermen who were apprehended for poaching onboard three commercial fishing vessels 21 nautical miles off Ilocos Sur two months ...

    • Rody to Sino envoy: We're concerned about your ships 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 26, 2021, on page A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has told the Chinese ambassador that the Philippines was concerned about the large number of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef and reasserted the international arbitral tribunal’s ...

    • Rody to UN: Honor arbitral award on SCS 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, September 23, 2021, on page 3)
      President Duterte reminded the international community on Wednesday, Sept. 22 that the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea must be honored by all nations. “No amount of willful disregard by any country, however big ...

    • Rody to Vietnam: Phl not abandoning SCS ruling 

      Regalado, Edith (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2018, on page 3)
      President Duterte assured Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that the Philippines is not abandoning the favorable ruling of the international arbitration tribunal on the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. ...

    • Rody vows no Phl ship to leave WPS 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, May 15, 2021, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte fired his strongest words against China yet when he declared that local ships will not move “an inch backward” from the West Philippine Sea even if it gets him killed. In his pre-recorded address ...

    • Rody wants Boracay land titles reviewed 

      Mendez, Christina; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 22, 2018, on page 10)
      President Duterte wants to conduct a review of the land titles given to select individuals in Boracay a few months after he ordered the closure of the island. Laura David, a physical oceanographer and professor at the ...