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Creation of West Ph Sea Command: Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino urges President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro to immediately craft guidelines for the creation of a West Philippine Sea Command. During Wednesday’s Kapihan sa Senado, February 12, 2025, Tolentino said he will write a formal letter to the President to explain the operational and strategic reasons why the creation of new command in the West Philippine Sea is necessary. “It is about time, for purposes of implementing the Philippine Maritime Zones Law, that we create our own new command which is the West Philippine Sea Command for maritime security, to improve response capabilities, for both the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard, and to enhance coordination between those two naval agencies including the Philippine National Police Maritime Command,” Tolentino said. “It will now improve our response capabilities because a dedicated command would provide focus, leadership, resources, and operational capabilities to address security challenges. Establishing a dedicated command would strengthen the AFP’s capacity to safeguard national interest, enforce sovereignty and ensure the security of our maritime domain,” he pointed out. (Senate Public Relations and information Bureau)