The country needs to find ways to pursue energy exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as whatever resources it can obtain from the disputed sea are crucial to the nation. President Marcos stressed this on Thursday, Dec. 1, as he revealed that the government is finding ways to do it after government-to-government (G2G) talks during the previous administration stalled.

Unite, B. V. (2022, December 2). Oil, gas from disputed sea crucial to PH - Marcos. Manila Bulletin, p. 6.