This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.Securing the Philippines' EEZ is not only for the country’s around 2.3 million local fisherfolk. It is also about attaining energy independence.from Zambales to install buoys, a symbolic assertion that the shoal is ours.
Supporters of China in our own legislature claim that we should not be alarmed because all is quiet in the shoal’s front. They continue to gloss over the fact that this is only so because China now has full dominion over it. The world’s second largest economy has belligerently scoffed at and ignored theProtecting EEZ against Chinese incursion
The EEZ is bordered by the Philippine Sea to the north and east, the South China Sea to the west, and the Celebes Sea to the south. This may mean an overlap with its neighbors like Malaysia and Indonesia, in which case the countries involved will have to settle the dispute among themselves, hopefully through peaceful means.
Fortunately, the Philippines has become more courageous, since former president Rodrigo Duterte, called the “Chinese satrap” by some people, stepped down from office.
On the other hand, the Malampaya Gas Field in Palawan yields 12.1 million cubic meters of gas and 5,000 barrels of condensate a day. The bad news is that its reserves will be depleted in less than five years from now.