THE Philippine government has filed another diplomatic protest against China, this time in connection with the swarming of over 100 Chinese vessels in Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine (South China) Sea.

“Diplomatic protest fired off,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted on Wednesday shortly after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. sought the filing of a protest over the reported presence of at least 113 Chinese vessels around Pag-asa (Thitu) Island on July 24.

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