Philippines Files 27 Diplomatic Protests Against China in First Half of 2026

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he ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ 27 ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š during the first half of 2026, targeting Beijingโ€™s continued incursions in the West Philippine Sea.

The National Maritime Council (NMC) revealed on Monday that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) lodged formal actions to counter ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š’๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ, ๐œ๐จ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž (๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ƒ) conduct within Philippine waters.

NMC Spokesperson, Usec. Alexander Lopez said that the Philippines filed ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก in ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ, and ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก in ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž.

He emphasized that the frequency of diplomatic notes directly reflects on-the-ground activity.

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