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00:00The commitment of the United States and the Philippines under the Mutual Defense Treaty
00:05is still ongoing according to the new U.S. Secretary of State.
00:07The Philippine officials said that the alliance of the United States and the Philippines is important for the security of the Indo-Pacific region.
00:15J.P. Soriano has the first news.
00:19Ecological disaster is what some experts call the destruction of corals in Escoda Shoal,
00:28which is more than 70 nautical miles from Rizal, Palawan, and is within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
00:36In the midst of this, there were a lot of reclamation activities by China.
00:42In the past, the DOJ said that the government of the Philippines will file an environmental case
00:48because of the destruction of a rich ocean in the West Philippine Sea.
00:52And according to Reuters, J.S.R.Rimulya said that the Philippines is about to file a case
00:59where the international platform will file a case.
01:04R.Rimulya has obtained a lot of evidence from the Philippine Coast Guard and other agencies.
01:10It is possible that this year, the case will be filed where the corals will be chased.
01:15Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and the new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone.
01:23According to the U.S. State Department, they talked about the dangerous activities of China in the West Philippine Sea
01:31that affects the stability of the region and violates international law.
01:36They say that the U.S. commitment to the Philippines is still ironclad under the Mutual Defense Treaty
01:44where the two countries are obliged to defend each other in the event of an armed attack.
01:52Manalo said that Rubio talked about the importance of the alliance of the United States and the Philippines
01:59for the security and development of the Indo-Pacific region.
02:04Manalo hopes that the strong relationship between the United States and the Philippines will continue.
02:11As of now, Chinese ships are still being guarded inside the EEZ of the Philippines.
02:17You do not possess any legal authority to patrol inside the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:24Last Tuesday, the PCG's BRP Suluan was radio-challenging Chinese ships
02:30that are 60 to 70 nautical miles from Zambales.
02:34BRP Cabra replaced it and continued the radio-challenging of Chinese Coast Guard ships.
02:42Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro also helped U.S. National Security Advisor Mark Waltz.
02:49According to the Defense Department, Waltz's team hopes that there will be more activities for mutual security
02:57as a support to the free Indo-Pacific region.
03:01According to Reuters, the American Typhoon Missile System is still in the Philippines.
03:06It was transferred from the northern Ilocos Basin to other locations in Luzon.
03:13It was deployed in the Philippines for military exercise in 2024.
03:18And the missile can fly to China and Russia from the Philippines.
03:25China's actions are dangerous, irresponsible,
03:28and the arms race is only hindering the survival of the typhoon system in the country.
03:33In addition to the help of Rubio and Manalo,
03:37China said that America has no right to be involved in maritime issues of China and the Philippines.
03:45This is the first news, J.P. Soriano for GMA Integrated News.
03:52Igan, you are the first in the news.
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