00:00 The transparency initiative of the government in the West Philippine Sea
00:05 that is far from being made public to the public and the international community
00:09 is the incident of China's kidnapping in the Philippines.
00:14 This is what Bernard Ferrer reported.
00:16 The government's priority is to look at the transparency initiatives of the West Philippine Sea
00:24 to let the public know what China is doing to kidnap the Philippine Coast Guard ships and small fishing boats of the Filipinos.
00:33 In the town hall discussion of the Strat Base ADR Institute, explained by Philippine Coast Guard Commodore J. Tariella,
00:39 all the information they are releasing to the public is carefully going through the right process
00:45 under the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea.
00:49 This should also be avoided to cause panic or misinterpretation to the public.
00:54 Tariella also argued that the country has not yet started the escalation in the West Philippine Sea.
00:59 Since the government started the transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea,
01:04 the Philippine Coast Guard and Armed Forces of the Philippines have been working hard
01:09 to resupply missions to the soldiers destined for the BRP Sierra Madre.
01:14 Even AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Browner Jr. experienced the Chinese kidnapping
01:20 when they drowned a small boat carrying the ship to Ayungin Shoal last year.
01:26 China also ordered the Christmas convoy of a group to bring the Christmas package.
01:32 Not everything we experience in the West Philippine Sea is openly released to the public.
01:38 There are measured, you know, there is a strategic objective for every news that we inform the public about.
01:47 Something that we should measure to make sure that it will not be a result of panic or misinterpretation.
01:54 Some experts also recommended the whole-of-society approach and cooperation of the Philippines
01:59 with its allies in the West Philippine Sea.
02:03 The Philippine Standard Map and the fight against trolls on social media is also being created.
02:08 Bernard Ferrer for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
