Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
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Lacson, chairman of the Senate national defense and security committee, said this after the President said Monday night that the Philippines might risk bloodshed and a no-win situation if it asserts its jurisdiction.
“He’s the leader of our country and he’s the commander-in-chief of our armed forces. He can think of anything and speak about anything except surrender. Remember, we have an [United Nation’s] arbitral ruling in our favor and it’s permanent although it’s unenforceable. There are so many things to think about except surrender. We cannot wave the white flag, so to speak,” Lacson said in a television interview.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 21) – Philippine Ambassador to the United States Babe Romualdez said the Philippines is not yet ready for the logistical challenges of handling millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses by January 2021.
Romualdez said the country s unpreparedness in the storage of vaccine doses is the silver lining to the botched deal with the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. has alleged that Health Sec. Francisco Duque III dropped the ball in securing 10 million Pfizer vaccine doses that would have been delivered to the country by January next year. Locsin said he and Romualdez led the vaccine procurement negotiations with Pfizer.