Senators seek diplomatic end to maritime dispute

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Apr 02, 2024 12:05 am

SENATE Majority Leader Emmanuel Joel Villanueva called on Malacañang to exert all legal and diplomatic measures to affirm the Philippines' sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

On Monday, Villanueva filed Resolution 980 to express the sense of the Senate 'strongly condemning the unprovoked aggression, continued harassment, and illegal and dangerous actions' in the West Philippine Sea by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM).

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