Escalante Report

President Rodrigo Duterte will ask former President Fidel V Ramos to act as Philippine Special Envoy in talks with China after the Permanent Court of Arbitration decision favorable to Philippines. President Duterte also mentioned that he is ready to begin bilateral negotiations Image: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Francis Jardeleza shows a copy of the decision from the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring the Philippines over China on the South China Sea dispute in Manila, Philippines, 13 July 2016. (AAP Image/ EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO)