Reelectionist Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday called on the Aquino administration to make known its policy on the country’s claim to Sabah and on the standoff between Malaysian security forces and a group of armed followers of the sultan of Sulu in the eastern Malaysian territory.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday scored the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for its “alarmist” posturing against China in the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday denied speculation that he was resigning following revelations that Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, working as a backdoor negotiator for President Aquino, was harming initiatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to resolve tensions with China.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile may have compromised state secrets when he read on the Senate floor the notes supposedly written by Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Brady after a heated confrontation with Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV last week.
As it grappled with the repercussions of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s actions, Malacañang on Friday admitted that it has learned a simple, albeit painful, lesson: The government should speak with one voice in resolving its territorial dispute with China.
President Benigno Aquino on Thursday sent Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II to China to meet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the country’s leader-in-waiting, in what Malacañang said was part of a diplomatic initiative to build on the “thawing” of ties with Beijing.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. chairman, has had enough.
Malacañang on Thursday appeared to distance itself from Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s alleged statements undermining the government’s position in the territorial dispute between the Philippines and China over Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV outlined his role as President Aquino’s back-channel negotiator with China on the second day of his verbal tussle with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
President Benigno Aquino should support Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario in the internecine row over the search for a diplomatic solution to the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea, an administration congressman said Wednesday.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan called Trillanes a “liar” for insinuating that he has instigated the anti-China tirade to protect his business interest.
“I did not inject myself here. My work began in May and finished in July but you never heard a word from me about it. I have kept my peace.”
