MANILA, Philippines — It’s not true that the Philippine government, especially the military, has been “obsessed” with running after communist insurgents that it has neglected the defense of Philippine waters against foreign threats, Malacaang said Monday.
“Wala pong katuturan ‘yan,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.
(That is nonsense.)
He issued the remark after an authorized Chinese dredging ship has been spotted off the coast of Bataan last week.
The MV Zhonhai 68 was spotted about 13 kilometers southwest off Orion Point in Bataan province, was identified as a 2,340-ton general cargo ship that is registered and sailing under the Sierra Leon…
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