A total of 11,287 vessels were monitored within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from 1 to 28 February, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported on Tuesday. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said out of this figure, 2,032 were domestic vessels while 9,255 were foreign vessels. Among these vessels were nine People’s Liberation Army (PLA)-Navy and two China Coast Guard vessels sighted in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) while seven PLA-Navy and one CCG vessel were spotted in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal.

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