Philippine Daily Inquirer

The harassment by China ships of Filipino fishermen and Philippine Coast Guard vessels has become a “daily situation,” says the DFA chief.

And the next step will be a declaration of war, which, I believe, nobody wants to happen,” he added. The light was overwhelming and we went blind for a few minutes,” he said. “They first used a searchlight when we approached near the shoal at night. We want to fish inside the lagoon, too. “Two rubber boats are now chasing away one fisherman in a fishing boat inside [the lagoon] of Scarborough Shoal. [T]hat is more or less the daily situation that we face,” he added. The AFP also said on Sunday that its “troops are resolute in ensuring that the interests of the Filipino people in the West Philippine Sea are protected,” a day after President Marcos said the Philippines “will not lose one inch” of territory amid a fresh territorial spat between Manila and Beijing. “There have been so many [of these instances] that I could no longer keep track of them. On Feb. At the discussion he attended, Manalo said the United Nations could further help create greater awareness on the importance of a rules-based maritime order, and its Security Council could initiate an open debate on “rule and order to prevail in the maritime domain and the South China Sea.” [Department of Foreign Affairs](https://dfa.gov.ph/) (DFA), Manalo reported China’s “cases of harassment” in the West Philippine Sea. MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo brought up the Philippines’ maritime tensions with China at a high-level security conference in Germany on Saturday, saying that China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen and the country’s coast guard was the “daily situation that we face.”