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The Philippine Coast Guard has only three patrol boats capable of long deployment, and it needs at least 20 more to cover a bigger area in the West Philippine Sea where cases of Chinese incursions and harassment have gone up in the past weeks.

The country is standing by the account of the Philippine Coast Guard that the Chinese harassed a PCG ship on Feb. 6 in Ayungin Shoal with powerful laser light, rejecting Beijing’s claim that its use of laser was meant to “ensure navigation safety.”

While intending to stay true to its mandate to preserve peace and de-escalate tensions in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it is considering arming its vessels with “big guns.”

President Marcos summoned China’s ambassador yesterday to relay his “serious concern” over the actions of Chinese ships against the Philippine Coast Guard and Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea.

Chinese ship hits PCG vessel with laser light off Ayungin Shoal

Two bags left outside a convenience store some meters away from the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters triggered a bomb scare in Port Area, Manila yesterday.

Two Chinese coast guard ships and two maritime militia boats disguised as fishing vessels menacingly tailed the Philippine Navy’s BRP Andres Bonifacio recently near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, which is within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Armand Balilo confirmed yesterday.

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The Philippine Coast Guard arrested 18 crew members of four vessels for alleged fuel theft in the waters off Navotas over the weekend.

There were no illegal items found on the boat of Chinese fishermen rescued by Philippine Coast Guard personnel off the coast of Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar last week.