PBBM wants to maintain PH strategic presence in Escoda Shoal

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00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants to maintain the strategic presence of the country

00:05in Eskoda Shoal and has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard, or PCG, to redeploy its assets

00:11to ensure this goal is achieved.

00:14National Maritime Council, or NMC, spokesperson Alexander Lopez says this order from the chief

00:19executive doesn't merely mean physical presence, but continuous strategic presence that can

00:25be felt in the area.

00:27He added, there seems to have been a wrong perception recently that others viewed as

00:32less Philippine presence after the BRP Teresa Magbanwa pulled out of Eskoda Shoal.

00:38The NMC official explained there are other ways to effectively monitor the area, like

00:44aerial surveillance and the use of the country's technical surveillance capability, and asking

00:49for assistance from allied nations.

00:53President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants to maintain the strategic presence of the country

00:59in Eskoda Shoal and has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard, or PCG, to redeploy its assets

01:04to ensure this goal is achieved.

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