EVEN before President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Armed Forces to secure the Philippine Rise (formerly Benham Rise), Navy and Air Force units have been patrolling the area, a spokesman at the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said on Wednesday.

Lt. Col. Isagani Nato said it was the mandate of the military, especially of the Nolcom, to patrol the territorial seas within Northern Luzon.

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