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When President Marcos meets Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio today, security in the South China Sea and the need to replace Chinese funding for key infrastructure projects that dried up when Manila refused to bow to Beijing’s expansive claims will be high on the agenda.
The remarks of the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army would only raise tensions in the West Philippine Sea, the DFA said. But the DFA asserted that Bajo de Masinloc is an integral part of the Philippine territory over which the country has sovereignty and jurisdiction. In a statement Thursday, the embassy urged the Chinese government to respect the rights and freedom of all states under international law.
Contrary to international law, China claims it has sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal, which it calls Huangyan Dao. “JICA is already providing us the extremely low-interest official development assistance loans for the Metro Manila Subway and other other rail projects in Luzon. We might as well ask them to double down and grant us the concessional loan for the MRP,” Pimentel said.
The train line will cut travel time between Tagum and Digos from the usual three hours to just an hour.Six commuter trains will be deployed every hour and run through eight stations.As originally designed, the entire MRP will eventually consist of a 1,544-kilometer railway stretching out to the cities of General Santos, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Cotabato, Zamboanga, Butuan, Surigao, and Malaybalay.
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