Around 240 Chinese maritime militia vessels still in Philippine waters, West PH Sea task force says cnnphilippines.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnnphilippines.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One new fatality was recorded in the latest DFA tally of COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos.
This brings the total number of cases and recoveries to 16,581 and 10,070, respectively.
Meanwhile, 5,452 are undergoing treatment while a total of 1,059 have died since the outbreak of the pandemic started in February last year.
The Middle East and African remain as the region with the most numbers in all categories: total number of cases, 9,078; recoveries, 4,963; under treatment, 3,433, and deaths, 682.
The DFA expressed its commitment to continue monitoring and assisting Filipino nationals abroad amid the pandemic.
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) (MANILA BULLETIN)
Seven overseas Filipinos have recovered, according to the latest DFA bulletin.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos to 16,569. Of this number, 10,065 have so far recovered, 5,446 are undergoing treatment, and 1,058 succumbed to the disease.
The total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases among Filipinos abroad has increased to 91 following new reports received from a country in Asia and the Pacific.
Among all the geographical regions, the Middle East and Africa continue to register the most numbers in all categories, namely confirmed cases (9,078); recoveries (4,963); under treatment (3,433), and fatalities (682).
No need to use force vs moored Chinese ships, says Duterte bworldonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bworldonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 3) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he won t be fooled by China s excuse of bad weather for the presence of its vessels at Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea.
In a strongly worded statement on Saturday, Lorenzana told Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian he has a lot of explaining to do about the 44 Chinese vessels still moored at Julian Felipe Reef almost two weeks after the government demanded that they leave.
Also known as Whitsun Reef, Julian Felipe is a shallow coral reef close to Bataraza in Palawan, well within the Philippines exclusive economic zone.