By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter
A PHILIPPINE senator on Sunday called China’s coast guard use of water cannons against Filipino fishers at a disputed South China Sea shoal last week as escalatory, urging the government to fast-track security agreements with other nations to widen Manila’s web of allies.
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