The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has lodged a diplomatic protest against China over the October 12 ramming and water cannon attack on a Philippine fisheries vessel near Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro confirmed, during Senate deliberations on the DFA’s proposed 2026 budget, that the protest was filed Tuesday morning. With this latest filing, the Marcos administration has now submitted 246 diplomatic protests against China since 2022, including 48 in 2025 alone.

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