Red Cross assistance in WPS needed - senator

Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has written Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo urging him to convince the International Committee of the Red Cross to assist in the resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal.

- MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

“In view of the escalating conditions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly near the Ayungin Shoal relative to our resupply missions, my humble recommendation is to seek the assistance of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) based in Geneva, Switzerland,” Tolentino said in his letter to Manalo dated June 18.

The senator wrote the letter following Monday’s collision and alleged towing of Philippine vessels by the Chinese maritime militia near Ayungin Shoal, where the Philippine military is maintaining an outpost on the beached BRP Sierra Madre.