Tarriela to Padilla: WPS transparency is not ‘wartime propaganda’

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela on Friday rejected Sen. Robin Padilla’s claim that the government’s transparency campaign in the West Philippine Sea amounted to “wartime propaganda,” saying the initiative merely documents Chinese aggression and harassment against Filipinos. Tarriela was responding to a Facebook post by Padilla, who criticized the rear admiral’s caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping and accused him of escalating “wartime propaganda.”  The exchange followed the release of an AI-generated video by Chinese state media outlet China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys and mocking the 2016 […]...

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