During the third hearing of the House of Representatives on disinformation, a pro-Duterte vlogger made a false claim that Philippine forces had “used water cannons” at the West Philippine Sea.
Applying it to a giant board, the West Philippine Sea, China has displayed mastery of the game, gaining more uninhabited features by deploying dozens of Navy, Coast Guard, and militia vessels.
China’s Coast Guard had intercepted and prevented a small Philippine indigenous boat from bringing food and fresh water to troops stationed aboard a naval transport vessel stuck in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.