PH fires twin diplomatic protests over Chinese vessels lingering presence in West PH Sea
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 23) The Philippines filed two diplomatic protests against China this week as Chinese vessels continue to linger in the West Philippine Sea, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Friday.
It said the protests were filed on Wednesday against the nonstop deployment, continued presence, and persistent activities of Chinese vessels in the country s maritime zones. The presence of these vessels blatantly infringe upon Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction, the DFA said in a statement.
The two diplomatic notes were in addition to the daily protests being filed by the DFA against China for its vessels continued presence at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef).
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We need bigger boats to augment West Philippine Sea patrols –PNP Maritime Group By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News
Published April 19, 2021 5:33pm The Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group said on Monday that they will be needing bigger boats to extend the scope of their sovereignty patrols in the West Philippine Sea amid the presence of Chinese vessels. Last week, authorities found more than 200 Chinese militia ships scattered across the West Philippine Sea. The Foreign Affairs Department filed a diplomatic protest over the matter. With regard also to the questions if we are capable of patrolling the West Philippine Sea, as of the moment, we have these smaller boats that are capable of patrolling up to the . 24 nautical miles from the archipelagic baselines. So hanggang doon lang po kami sa ngayon because we have no bigger boats, PNP Maritime Group chief Brigadier General John Mitchell Jamili said during the weekly PNP briefing at Camp Crame.