China has increased its pressure tactics in the West Philippine Sea by deploying a naval warship to block an unarmed Philippine boat carrying supplies to troops manning an outpost. Former AFP chief expresses concern over the presence of PLA Navy ships in the area.
China has been stepping up its pressure tactics in the West Philippine Sea , deploying a naval warship alongside the China Coast Guard and maritime militia in blocking an unarmed Philippine boat carrying supplies to the troops manning an outpost aboard the ship BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
Centino now heads the Presidential Office for Maritime Concerns, the NMC’s designated secretariat. As POMC head, he would report directly to the President on critical and urgent matters and issues affecting the country’s maritime security and domain awareness. A dozen Cabinet secretaries have been named to constitute the NMC.
Centino recalled how China’s behavior in the West Philippine Sea evolved over the last few years. During previous “rotation and supply missions” to the BRP Sierra Madre military outpost in Ayungin Shoal, he said, only the China Coast Guard and its Chinese militia vessels actively blocked the Philippine supply boats. They were fewer then, he noted.
The National Security Council spokesperson, Jonathan Malaya, said Marcos Jr. did call for strengthening Philippine defense capabilities with allies , but averred that the countermeasures he espoused are “multidimensional.” In the Senate, Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has filed a resolution expressing the Senate’s outrage and condemnation of the continued “illegal and dangerous actions” by the Chinese side in the West Philippine Sea. The resolution also urged the national government to “exert all legal and diplomatic countermeasures” in asserting our sovereign rights.
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