The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday said it is exerting efforts in securing and patroling maritime territories of the country over China’s reported militarization of disputed areas in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

The AFP, according to its spokesman Col. Edgard Arevalo, has been conducting naval and aerial patrols over the territories being claimed by China such as the Mischief (Panganiban), Fiery Cross (Kagitingan) and Subi (Zamora) reefs.

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