As President Marcos prepares to address Congress, voices within his own political house are urging him to place the West Philippine Sea at the moral and strategic center of his speech — not merely as a policy matter, but as a declaration of who the Filipino nation is and intends to remain. Chinese Coast Guard personnel have struck a Philippine Navy sailor with a baton, floating platforms have appeared in contested waters, and ballistic missiles have been tested in the South Pacific, each act a quiet pressure on a sovereignty that millions of Filipinos understand as their inheritance. In a penu
Barbers urges Marcos to make West Philippine Sea centerpiece of 2026 SONA
A Philippine Navy sailor was injured after being struck on the head with a baton by Chinese Coast Guard personnel during a resupply mission.