THE Philippines does not have enough capability to defend its territories in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana admitted on Monday.

“At present, we don’t have any capabilities to just even demonstrate to others that we are capable because…we don’t have capital ships, we don’t have the weapons,” the Defense chief said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in Singapore.

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