Marcos vows to protect Filipino fishers despite 'worrisome' activities in West Philippine Sea

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President Marcos said the government would continue supporting Filipino fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea amid what he called "worrisome" activities taking place in the disputed waters.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/28/marcos-vows-to-protect-filipino-fishers-despite-worrisome-activities-in-west-philippine-sea  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 Your thoughts sir on the developments in the West Philippine Sea? There's been electronic interference, there's been a sighting of a warship. How are we going to respond?

00:09 Yeah, it's worrisome because there are two elements to that. One is that it's the postcard of China that is moving in our area. Now there's the Navy that is joining the fishing boat. So the situation is changing.

00:34 But it's clear to us, we just watch of course what everybody is doing, but really for us, we will continue to defend our maritime territory. We continue to support all our fishermen, our fisher folk who make their living from these fishing grounds.

01:00 We will continue to help them. Despite whatever else happens, we are still doing our job. Our job is to help the fishermen who have been fishing for generations.

01:25 So that's essentially the issue there. So that's the basic principle there. The fishers must be allowed to fish in their traditional fishing grounds which belong in the maritime territory.

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