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The signing by President Marcos of Executive Order No. 57 aims to strengthen maritime security in the Philippines and is not intended as an aggressive action against China
Teodoro only called for more military presence in Batanes, the Philippine island closest to democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory