Title:

 PH says war games with US, Japan ‘not related to South China Sea’ dispute

Author:

Frances Mangosing

Source:

Inquirer

Date:

October 9, 2019 

Description:

The week-long maritime exercises of the Philippines, United States, and Japan are not in any way connected to the country’s territorial dispute in the South China Sea. “First of all, this is not something related to the South China Sea. Let us be clear on that,” Brig. Gen. Ariel Caculitan, exercise director for Kamandag (Venom), told reporters Monday.