President Rodrigo Duterte won’t stop China from what he described was a patrolling activity in Sandy Cay near the Pag-asa island in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) that is within the country’s exclusive economic zone. The President made the decision in connection with a warning made by Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that China has been invading Sandy Cay–a sandbar located between Pag-asa Island and the Subi Reef in the West Philippine Sea.

Panti. L. T. (2017, August 23). PH won’t stop Chinese patrols in disputed cay. The Manila Times, p. A3.