Hindi Ito Marites: The Philippine Coast Guard, sleeping with the enemy?

Will this new attempt at ‘open communication’ prevent danger in the West Philippine Sea?

The coast guards of the Philippines and China are back at negotiating “open communication lines” in order to prevent dangerous encounters in the West Philippine Sea. A previous attempt at such rapprochement fell through, and it wasn’t the Philippines’ fault.

Amid dangerous encounters out on the water, Philippine authorities called an agreed-upon hotline made precisely for such moments — but no one was picking up in Beijing.

Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug has the rest of the story. – Rappler.com