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IN COMMAND. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. leads the salute to the flag at the start of the mid-year command conference of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. With him are Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro and AFP chief of staff, General Romeo Brawner Jr. Also present were commanders from the General Headquarters, AFP-wide Support and Separate Units, Major Services, and Unified Commands, as well as officers from the army, air force, and naval units.
“In my letter, I demand the return of our seven firearms, those guns were in a box taken by the CCG, these seven rifles were in a box that they just took, and they damaged our equipment and we estimate the cost of all the damage at P60 million,” the military chief said. Powell said CCG and maritime militia vessels were also deployed in a two-line “blockade” formation around Ayungin Shoal and Escoda Shoal.
Ayungin Shoal lies about 200 kilometers from Palawan and more than 1,000 kilometers from China’s nearest major landmass, Hainan island.
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