US deployment of spy planes over West PH Sea 'sovereign prerogative to monitor our areas'—DFA

JUST MONITORING. The government's plan to request the United States (US) to deploy spy planes over the West Philippine Sea should not be seen as a move that will escalate tensions with China but as part of "our sovereign prerogative to monitor our areas", the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday. Video by INQUIRER.net's Cathy Miranda