Now it can be told, and only because the Philippine Coast Guard has been allowed to lift the veil of secrecy cloaking its operations in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG yesterday revealed that it had deployed from the BRP Malapascua rigid-hulled inflatable boats to disperse several foreign-flagged vessels, many of them from China and some from Vietnam, in the Kalayaan Group of Islands. Among the vessels the PCG boats intended to "disperse" in a veritable David-versus-Goliath scenario were China Coast Guard vessels and a People's Liberation Army-Navy Type 056A Jiangdao II class missile corvette.

Ayeng, R. (2023, March 31). PCG inflatables confront China's missile corvette. Daily Tribune, pp. A1, A6.