'China has been accelerating its media play...now officially claiming that the Philippine government had agreed to supposed deals on how to manage tensions in the West Philippine Sea'
'China has been accelerating its media play...now officially claiming that the Philippine government had agreed to supposed deals on how to manage tensions in the West Philippine Sea '
Earlier this year, the Philippine military’s Western Command , which has jurisdiction over the WPS and based off Palawan, reportedly – with the approval of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro –to maintain peace in Ayungin Shoal . Teodoro cried foul last Sunday, branding this as nothing but China’s “charade.”
Carlos is well-credentialed: he entered the Philippine Military Academy but eventually got accepted to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he finished his military schooling in 1989. He does have ties with China, in that it was at the Naval Command College-People’s Liberation Army-Navy where he finished his command and general staff course.
The highlight of the war games will be held in Marcos’ home province, Ilocos Norte, on Wednesday, May 8: a counter-landing and ship-sinking exercise of Filipino and American troops, with the staging ground at the touristy La Paz sand dunes of Laoag City.
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