Avoiding a bloody “shooting war” is neither surrender nor accepting defeat, especially over our country’s sovereignty claims in the disputed South China Sea, but which we call as our West Philippine Sea

"More or less 100,000 doses will go to Metro Manila. The deployment will be done in two to three days and we expect it to be administered within one week," Galvez said.

"As far as the community pantry is concerned, the position of the president is clear," the president's spokesperson said.

"What they're doing is laudable, and when it comes to the spirit of bayanihan, we're really all for it," he said. 

"At a very basic level, there is unanimity in terms of that the phase two should take place in China," a senior Western diplomat in Geneva said, requesting anonymity.