He insulted another leader that is why he (Duterte) was cut off,” Casiple said in an interview. Prof. Richard Javad Heydarian of De La Salle University’s political science department described the cancellation of the planned meeting as a “diplomatic snub.”“Obama’s diplomatic snub clearly shows growing tensions in Philippine-US bilateral relations,” he told The Manila Times. I hope that it will really not affect the strong bilateral relations between the Philippines and the US,” Cuisia added. “I don’t think this would have any long-lasting or serious consequences in PH-US relations,” Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd said in an interview. In the House of Representatives, Northern Samar Rep. Raul Daza feared that the Philippines could be headed for isolation.

Source: Manila Times September 06, 2016 16:52 UTC