The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed serious concern over the reported construction and reclamation activities of China in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). “The Department takes note of the Bloomberg article on reported reclamation activities by China in unoccupied features of the Spratlys. We are seriously concerned as such activities contravene the Declaration of Conduct on the South China Sea’s undertaking on self-restraint and the 2016 Arbitral Award," the DFA said in a statement.

DFA 'seriously concerned' over reported reclamation activities of China in WPS. (2022, December 22). SunStar Cebu, p. 4.