The Department of Foreign Affairs will have to return the P500,000 donation that former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario made for the 22 fishermen whose boat was hit and sunk by a Chinese vessel.

"It happened in our exclusive economic zone. It should be us..."

Leaders of Association of Southeast Nation member states have agreed to work together to, among other things, keep the region free and secure and to settle disputes peacefully and in accordance with international law.

This will not be the first or last of incidents being used to stoke conflicts on the South China Sea.

Malacañang announced Saturday President Rodrigo Duterte accepted China’s offer to conduct a joint probe into the allision between a Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese vessel near the Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea, saying the proposed setup should promote a swift resolution.