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The Philippine Coast Guard plans to include laser technology in its rules on the use of force after the February 6 laser-pointing incident in Ayungin Shoal involving the Chinese Coast Guard .The Philippine Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao launches its Water Safety, Rescue, and Survival Techniques Training Class 06-2023 and Basic Lifeguard Training Class 02-2023 in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City, on Monday.
China, for its part, denied pointing military-grade lasers at the PCG ship, as Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the Chinese Coast Guard only used a “hand-held greenlight pointer” to measure the distance and speed of the Philippine vessel. Meanwhile, Tarriela said the PH Coast Guard is eyeing to modernize and increase its assets, as it only has three offshore patrol vessels.The Philippines should keep pushing back against Chinese aggression in the WPS to regain ground lost because of the previous administration’s policy of appeasement, a maritime expert said Monday.
He added that the Philippines should work with other countries with territorial claims in the South China Sea to make China “accept and recognize” international law and “appropriate allocation of jurisdiction in the South China Sea.” “Rival claims can only be solved peacefully by adhering to peaceful and rules-based approaches. The Philippine approach, articulated long before and formalized in the 1982 Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes, enjoys the support of the international community,” he said.
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