A government task force watching over the country’s western waters reported on Wednesday that Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were back inside the West Philippine Sea and the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ), this time there were more of them. The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) also reported that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) again drove away Chinese ships from the Escoda (Sabina) Shoal off Palawan province.

Andrade, J., Gascon M., Ramos, C. M., Santos, T. G. (2021, May 13). Sino maritime militias back in bigger groups. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A1, A4.