Sen. Mary Grace Poe urged the government to act urgently on the Philippine Coast Guard's (PCG) report of "close distance maneuvering" by a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The senator on Monday said the CCG's presence in the WPS "poses risks to the safety of navigation and impedes on the Filipinos' rights to benefit from marine wealth in our exclusive economic zone." "We laud the PCG for actively patrolling our waters and for immediately alerting concerned bodies about the incident," she said in a statement.

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