Two Senate committees will jointly hold a public hearing to determine how effective the country’s foreign policy is in the face of alarming developments in the West Philippine Sea, particularly China’s military buildup and its harassment of Filipino fishermen. No date has been set for the hearing to be led by the Senate committees on foreign relations and on national defense and security. Foreign committee chair Sen. Loren Legarda welcomed the resolutions calling for the hearings, saying the Senate, “as an independent body, should assert our role in helping shape the government’s foreign policy.”

Romero, P., Cervantes, D., Sison, B. Jr., & Bayoran, G. (2018, June 16). Senate panels to probe Duterte’s China policy. The Philippine Star, p. 6.