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May 18, 2024, 5:04 pmManila, Philippines — The Philippines will “vigorously defend what is ours,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Saturday, as Manila’s maritime row with Beijing over the South China Sea escalates.
Marcos ordered the graduates to “keep our people safe in their homes, our territory secure, our defences against threats strong, and our democracy stable.” Beijing claims most of the South China Sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries, including the Philippines, and an international ruling that its assertion over the waterway has no legal basis.
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