Is everything okay in the West Philippine Sea?

As of the end of August this year, the Department of Foreign Affairs under Secretary Enrique Manalo has quietly filed 48 protests against China. With China’s continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea, why do these protests matter? READ:

This takes some getting used to, a foreign affairs secretary who doesn’t express his every thought on Twitter. He doesn’t bark his orders to the Department of Foreign Affairs staff – on his social media platform – to file diplomatic protests against China for aggressively intruding into our waters., our top diplomat, has taken a different tack from that of former DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.

to any foreign power” – the field is clear for Manalo. Thus, he doesn’t need to announce the DFA’s every move, particularly when they call out China. against China, according to DFA Assistant Secretary for Maritime and Ocean Affairs Maria Angela Ponce.

Looking back, though, I think we needed to hear it loud and clear from Locsin that the DFA was on its toes, standing up to China amid the noise that then-president Duterte was making in favor of the giant bully. The voluble Locsin was a fit for Duterte. Otherwise, the reportage would have focused on Duterte’s careless remarks undermining the Philippines’ international arbitration victory and downplaying China’s intrusion in the West Philippine Sea.

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