This is why he is asking his fellow senators to visit the island and see the actual situation and that they might also move for additions to the AFP budget when the budget hearing season starts in August, he explained.
He thanked the Canadian embassy for its position that it would help the Philippines by providing satellite surveillance. China has developed its claimed islands in the WPS, including the installation of military equipment on them. It also has many Chinese Coast Guard and militia vessels that harass Filipino fishermen and even Philippine Coast Guard vessels.
China rejected in July 2016 a decision of the United Nations arbitration court throwing out its historic claim over most parts of the South China Sea, which includes the WPS.