WIRE — The military is rallying more local governments to declare July 12 as "West Philippine Sea Victory Day" to commemorate a landmark arbitral tribunal ruling that upheld the country's sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea—waters within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ)—and rejected China's expansive claims. The call made by the Armed Forces of the Philippines
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