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Philippine Canadian Inquirer Wescom chief: PH military eyes '3 key efforts' to boost WPS presence News

The military’s efforts would include strengthening naval presence in Manila-claimed South China Sea waters.

The military’s efforts would include strengthening naval presence in Manila-claimed South China Sea waters.

Filipino forces would dismantle any floating barrier that China’s coast guard may install in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine admiral said Wednesday after Manila infuriated China by removing one such obstruction in a contested shoal. Philippine officials strongly condemned the

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A sandbar near Pag-asa Island was found to be full of dead and crushed corals, which experts say is a common procedure done by China before it starts reclamation activities.

Maritime officials of China and the Philippines exchanged warnings over the entry of local fishermen in the southeast portion of the Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, where Beijing has installed a floating barrier.

Amid the rising tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines accused China’s “shadowy maritime militia” of destroying coral reefs near Palawan.

THE Philippines, the United States and Japan will craft a work plan that would advance their trilateral cooperation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, as the three states explore ways to further promote peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Three suspected smugglers of foreign rice have been arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.