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The Philippine Navy reported on Tuesday a significant decrease in the number of foreign ships in the West Philippine Sea .
“These are raw figures based on a one-week monitoring; it is too early to attribute the decrease to any particular event,” Navy spokesperson for WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told reporters. At Escoda Shoal, also known as Sabina Shoal, where the government recently withdrew its ship, the Navy reported a decrease of 10 Chinese Coast Guard Vessels from six in the last monitoring period.
Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, where BRP Sierra Madre, a Navy ship, is grounded, also recorded a significant decrease in Chinese vessels. The number of CMMV decreased from 62 in the last monitoring to just 12 in the latest report.
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