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Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto September 25, 2023 If harassing fishermen were a water sports in the Asian Games, China will sweep all the medals. It treats the entire WPS as its exclusive practice area.  And it has fenced off Bajo de

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto August 17, 2023 Teddy Locsin is the kind of diplomat “who can tell you to go to hell in such an elegant way that you’ll look forward with pleasure to making the trip.” But he will not be there to rabble-rouse, but

Press Release 19 July 2023 Former President Duterte’s warm relations with Beijing can be a direct line that could ease tension in the West Philippine Sea such as a stop to Chinese harassment of Filipinos peacefully fishing in the area, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. In

Press Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto May 8, 2023 The trip of the President to the US was an unqualified success.  It helped that he had as wingmen Ambassador Babes Romualdez, a reliable DC hand who can speed-dial those who move the levers of power,

Press Release 30 April 2023 Chinese acts of aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be met with indignation at every turn because not to do so would play into Beijing’s game plan that the Philippines would eventually tire out from protesting, House Deputy Speaker Ralph

Press Release 17 April 2023 It is not yet late for the government to turn the Mindoro oil spill as site of an “environmental Balikatan” where even nations at loggerheads with each other, like the U.S. and China, can “work together in fighting a real ecological disaster instead of

Press Release Office of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 16 February 2023 President Marcos Jr deserves praise for standing up against Chinese bullying in our own backyard, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. Summoning the Chinese ambassador to Malacanang “is a

Statement of Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph G. Recto 3 February 2023 As the number of EDCA bases mutate into 9, the administration should brief Congress and tell the public on where these additional 4 will be. National security is not harmed by that candor. But any

It is not only reclaiming land in the West Philippine Sea; by its actions, it is also renaming it as the Waste Philippine Sea. By turning reefs into toilets, two man-made things are now visible from space: the Great Wall of China on land, and the Great Wastes of China at sea.

Press Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto04 May 2021 On Secretary Locsin’s tweets on China’s incursions into our territory In an era when diplomacy is practiced by those who “speak softly and carry a selfie stick”, it pays to have a