Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos was relieved from his post as commander of the Western Command , the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Wednesday.“Right now, Vice Admiral Carlos is relieved from Western Command and placed under the General Headquarters under the supervision of the Office of the Chief of Staff,” AFP Public Affairs Office chief Colonel Xerxes Trinidad said in a press briefing.
National Security Adviser Secretary Eduardo Año meanwhile said the Chinese Embassy's claim of a "new model" arrangement with the Philippines for managing the situation at the Ayungin Shoal is "absolutely absurd, ludicrous, and preposterous."Año emphasized that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
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