Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, is ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ. He emphasized that defending the countryโs maritime rights requires a shared sense of responsibility among all Filipinos.
Rear Admiral Tarriela also noted that ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ identify ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ โ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. He stressed that national solidarity is crucial in strengthening the countryโs ability to respond decisively to foreign aggression ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐.