National Security Adviser Eduardo Año on Wednesday rejected the accusation of China that the Philippines was stirring up trouble in the South China Sea by conducting a joint air patrol with the United States.
A Filipino fishing boat captain protested on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea, where he asserted that Chinese officers drove him and his men away from a disputed shoal and ordered them to dump their catch in the sea.