A military official said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard have a “sufficient number of vessels” patrolling within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. “We have a sufficient number of ships from the Philippine Navy and the Philippine Coast Guard and other players in the maritime domain, the exact number of which I cannot divulge. Suffice it say, given what we have we are good at it, given more we can perform even better,” Philippine Navy spokesperson for WPS, Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, told reporters in a press conference in Camp Aguinaldo on Tuesday. Trinidad confirmed there’s an increasing number of Chinese Coast Guard and militia vessels roaming around its vast claims in the entire South China Sea, including the Philippine EEZ in WPS.

Kabagani, L. J. (2024, February 1). Phl vessels patrolling WPS 'sufficient'. Daily Tribune, p. A3.