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In response to what President Rodrigo Duterte said in his SONA, the United States has vowed to help resolve the issue of the historic Balangiga bells.
China, meanwhile, is offering itself as a “good brother” of the Philippines. But former Philippine Senate president Aquilino Pimentel Jr advises the Duterte administration to be careful in dealing with the Asian giant.
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The United States vowed to help resolve the issue of the historic Balangiga bells, which Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte demanded from America during his second State of the Nation Address. “We will continue to work with our Filipino partners to find a resolution,” said the US embassy in Manila.
Former Senate president Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr advised the Philippine government to be careful in its dealings with China. He noted that China has a history of pressuring its borrowers if they’re unable to pay.
In typical Duterte fashion, the President told Communist Party of the Philippines founder Joma Sison to just kill himself. He said Sison should spare the Norwegian government – the third-party facilitator of the peace talks – additional expenses.
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