00:00 The assertive transparency of the current administration will continue regarding the incidents in the West Philippine Sea.
00:09 But a maritime expert pointed out the lack of reporters in the missions in the West Philippine Sea.
00:17 Chino Gaston was shocked.
00:22 The public's support for the Chinese Coast Guard's stoppage of the Philippine Coast Guard's ship in Bajo de Masinloc this weekend
00:30 is still part of the assertive transparency of the Marcos administration on China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea
00:36 which will not stop even if there is a mechanism to talk about such incidents.
00:42 The main objective of this current administration is to make the Filipino aware of what's really happening.
00:48 And then the second really was for the international community to be aware of the bullying behavior.
00:54 We're going to sustain this approach. We believe that it has gained so much effect.
01:00 But the maritime security expert, Ray Powell, noticed something was missing since 2024
01:06 compared to the previous regular rotation and resupply missions.
01:10 Where there were embedded reporters on every mission, this time there were none.
01:15 Again, the government, as Commodore Jay said, makes strategic decisions.
01:20 But I think it would help to sort of regularize it if there were written policies that says this is how we're going to do embedded reporting.
01:27 According to the Coast Guard, all information is being released even if there is no one to share it.
01:33 Aside from the patenteering of the sea, the propaganda campaign launched by China on social media and the academic community is also a threat.
01:41 Yesterday, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea was informed
01:45 that the Chinese Coast Guard is going to launch a PCG ship from the Bayou de Masinloc.
01:51 There is a battle of the narratives.
01:54 There is an information warfare happening now
01:57 where statements are being countered by statements from the Chinese Foreign Ministry
02:06 and their supporters who are also Filipinos.
02:11 Some analysts are praying that the support of politicians, even the president, would not be lost.
02:18 It's resonating. That's why you see, in the words of Joyce, politicians, it's election season next year.
02:26 The Philippine Navy cannot say if China has already become kind, even if the last row remissions were not stopped.
02:33 The Chinese ships are still there.
02:36 We don't see any interference. It doesn't mean that we have changed their general direction.
02:41 We may have changed their action or their behavior, but not their character.
02:45 For GMA Integrated News, Shinugaston, Nakatutok, 24 hours.
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