Artists’ group to launch song calling on Filipinos to protect PH sovereignty 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jeffrey DamicogAn organization of artists is set to release during the State of the Nation Address on Monday (July 22) a song calling on Filipinos to protect the country’s territory from foreign intruders like China. “We launch the Artists Fight Back call today at the People’s SONA in many forms, including a new song asserting the right to sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea, titled Atin Ang Pilipinas: Ipagtanggol, Ipaglaban! (Defend and Fight for Our Philippines), a collaboration between CAP’s musicians and performers to be performed at the main program,” said the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) in a statement. President Rodrigo Duterte has been vocal about his friendship with China and has expressed unwillingness to go to a losing war over protecting the territorial sovereignty of the Philippines over the disputed areas of the West Philippine Sea.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 22, 2019 05:48 UTC