Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros hopes the Department of Foreign Affairs is already taking steps to bring the issue to international fora

Reacting to the recent firing by the Chinese Coast Guard of water cannons at a Philippine vessel, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said the incident pushes them to “rally the world to condemn acts which have no place in a civilized order.”

“Gusto naming makipagkaibigan, pero bakit China ang hirap mong mahalin?” Zubiri said in a statement sent to media on Sunday, August 6. (We want to be friends with you, but why is that it’s difficult to love you?)