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    • Military conducts war exercise near China-occupied Scarborough Shoal 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 3, 2020, on page A3)
      With new assets in the inventory of the Navy and the Air Force, the military carried out its amphibious landing and island defense exercises in Zambales where the Scarborough Shoal sits at a shooting distance. The drills ...
    • PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, March 22, 2021, on page A4)
      National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...
    • Shift to 'active defense' 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 27, 2020, on page A1)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is slowly beefing up both its offensive and defensive capabilities, working to boost the country’s ground-based air defense, which will be reinforced by the planned acquisition of ...