00:00The Philippine Navy and the Philippine Coast Guard continue to monitor the Chinese research vessel that entered the archipelagic waters of the Philippines.
00:08This is Patrick De Jesus reporting.
00:12A new Chinese vessel entered the archipelagic waters of the Philippines.
00:17It was first detected on February 9 from the Littoral Monitoring Station, Melville, of the AFP Western Command,
00:23the Chinese research vessel, the Lanhai 101, which is operating in the eastern part of the archipelago.
00:29The Philippine Navy's ship, the BRP Andres Bonifacio, was deployed immediately,
00:34along with the Philippine Coast Guard's ship, the BRP Melchorra Aquino, to monitor.
00:39The crew of the Chinese research vessel responded well to the radio challenge.
00:44They said that their rerouting was due to the poor condition of the sea in the eastern part of the archipelago.
00:51They promised to follow the Rites of Innocent passage.
00:55The Navy said that the research vessel came from the port of Malaysia and will return to China.
01:10The Chinese research vessel was last seen in the southern part of Subic Bay, Zambales,
01:15and it is possible that the EEZ of Bansa Bukas has already left.
01:19Just last week, three PLA Navy warships of China entered the archipelagic waters of the country.
01:26But unlike these ships, the coordination of the recently spotted research vessel was better,
01:33which is what all foreign ships should do, said the Navy.
01:50They responded accordingly.
01:52This is the expected behavior of foreign ships from any nationality, from any country,
01:58that passes through our archipelagic waters.
02:00Meanwhile, the AFP also monitored,
02:03after the Office of Civil Defense raised the alert on Palawan and Basilan
02:08due to the expected fall of debris from the Chinese space rocket that was lost on Tuesday.
02:14We have already informed our field units what to do in the event of the debris.
02:18That would probably cause any harm or endanger the security of our people.
02:23Based on the OCD and the Philippine Space Agency,
02:27the possible drop zones of debris are 85 nautical miles from Rosol Reef,
02:3240 nautical miles from Puerto Princesa City, Palawan,
02:36and 33 nautical miles from Hajimutamad, Basilan.
02:40The public was warned not to approach or touch the debris.
02:46Patrick De Azuz for Pambansang TV in Bagog, Philippines.
