National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines
“Mr. Duterte is undeniably the present-day Humabon because of his outright kowtowing to China. Filipino fishers, on the other hand, are the valiant men of Lapulapu for braving the threat of Chinese harassment to exercise fishing rights in our traditional fishing grounds,” Pedro Gonzales, PAMALAKAYA Vice Chair emeritus said in a statement on Tuesday.
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PAMALAKAYA hits AFP’s “slow-paced response on Beijing’s flaunt of force” in West Philippine Sea Manila, Philippines – “Now what’s the[…]
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“It’s ridiculous on the part of Secretary Locsin to think that the recent diplomatic protest he filed corresponds to missile launching when it was actually equivalent to a pathetic baby rocket. He thinks what he has done was momentous? It’s trivial and he should be ashamed of himself,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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“This is frighteningly alarming that needs unhesitating response and action from the government,” Hicap, former Anakpawis Party-list added.
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In a statement, PAMALAKAYA said that “unless China is also held accountable and compelled to pay compensation for its illegal occupation and destruction of marine resources in the West Philippine Sea, Duterte’s demand for U.S. to pay is nothing but a sellout and pimping of our national sovereignty in exchange for American dollars,”.
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Manila, Philippines — “Sham rhetoric, long overdue, and nothing but to save himself from international isolation,” this was how the militant fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) described Duterte’s invoking of Philippines’ international legal victory in a maritime dispute with China during the United Nations General Assembly.
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