Tag Archives: former Quezon Rep. Erin Tanada

Statement of former Quezon Rep. Erin Tanada, Partido Liberal vice president for external affairs: Filipinos not blind to China’s militarization of West PH Sea, debt trap

Is Malacañang spokesperson Harry Roque now also spinning for China? Is this why he is twisting the survey results showing Filipino low trust of China as due to the “new alliance” forged with the country that has built a military base in the West Philippine Sea? Filipinos know better. They are not blind to what […]

Statement of former Quezon Rep. Erin Tanada, Partido Liberal Vice President on External Affairs, On Benham Rise

We have the right to name our children because we have duties toward them, including protecting them. That’s why, similarly, we can’t simply be dismissive about China’s naming of five seamounts within the Philippine Rise. Philippine Rise is within our territory and we should be the one to label it and parts of it. If […]