COMMENTARY: It's high time for the president and our legislators to consider a Department of Maritime and Ocean Affairs built around the existing Presidential Office for Maritime Concerns. This would then become the lead agency for maritime security, maritime domain awareness, and compliance with UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award, and for the formulation of integrated maritime policies covering security, environment, fisheries, shipping, and ports.

Who is mightily angry at Risa Hontiveros? Those who are upset that she is doing something good in the Senate. Something good that erodes the myth and lies about the Dutertes.

Sara's lie will now make the rounds of its troll supporters where it will be exponentially repeated and then proclaimed as gospel truth, that Rodrigo Duterte is the only active case in the ICC.The ICC Cases Portal currently lists the status of 34 cases in their pretrial or trial stages.