West Philippine Sea: Defending Rights Through Diplomacy and Transparency

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February 14, 2026 | Todayโ€™s Saturday News Forum provided a vital platform to discuss critical maritime issues in the West Philippine Sea in clear and accessible terms. Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š, together with UP College of Law Professor, ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐›๐š๐œ๐š๐ฅ, addressed concerns regarding ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, and ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Experts emphasized that ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’Š๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’…, ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’†.

The forum reinforced the Philippinesโ€™ dedication to transparency, informed public discourse, and the protection of its maritime rights.

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