Both the top?-ranking? ?foreign ?diplomats of the Philippines and Japan agreed that the resolution of the West Philippine Sea issue should be based on the rule of law.
?An interior village in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, expressed fear over operation of the Army's 25th Infantry Battalion in the community, following alleged targeting of its residents in anti-Communist patrols.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is willing to raise the issue of the Filipino comfort women with the Japanese government when he gets the chance. However, the President said that he is going to be careful so as not to get an “outright rebuke”.
The government is eyeing to put up sports facilities in provinces to give attention to athletes from outside Metro Manila.
The group of surviving sexual slaves during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines will be seeking an audience with President Rodrigo Duterte over the issue of Filipina “comfort women”.