MANILA, Philippines — “Is this act of China the tradeoff for the vaccines it has donated — this trampling on our sovereignty? This should not be ignored. The government should strongly condemn this,” House Deputy Minority Leaders Carlos Isagani Zarate said in a statement issued on Monday.
Zarate, who represents the party-list group Bayan Muna, issued the statement following reports that over 200 Chinese militia boats were spotted in the Juan Felipe Reef — an area within the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines.
The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest against the incursion, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said on Sunday. Me…
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