'The last thing we would like is to raise the tensions in the West Philippine Sea, and that would certainly do that, so hindi natin gagawin,' says Marcos
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Senate Minority Leader Koko PImentel floated the idea last week as a tit-for-tat move following Beijing’s repeated use of its water cannon against Philippine vessels. “The last thing we would like is to raise the tensions in the West Philippine Sea, and that would certainly do that, so“We will not follow the Chinese coast guard and the Chinese vessels down that road because it is not the mission of our Navy, our Coast Guard to start or to increase tensions. Their mission is precisely the opposite, to lower tensions,” he added.last week for using jet stream water cannons against two Philippine vessels in Scarborough or Panatag Shoal on April 30.
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