THE Philippines joined four other countries on Saturday in the largest joint patrol to date as China conducted its own naval and air exercises near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) on the same day.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the combined armed and defense forces of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and the United States successfully conducted the one-day joint patrol inside the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

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