By ROY C. MABASA
MANILA, Philippines — The government on Monday said it is set to beef up its defense capability when Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, accompanied by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, travels to Washington DC next month to meet with their respective counterparts and possibly ink an agreement for the procurement of jets and additional patrol boats.
This development came up amid the reported incursion of China within the “Philippine sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction.”