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00:00Harassment in the waters of the Philippines.
00:02The ships of China, the ships of the Philippines,
00:05threatened to bring aid near the Panatagsyol.
00:08China also deployed inflatable boats
00:11to bring the Filipino fishermen closer.
00:14We have the first news, Jun Veneracion.
00:20While sailing in the direction of Panatagsyol,
00:23the ships of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, or BFAR,
00:26on Monday morning,
00:30a ship of China suddenly appeared.
00:33They also have a warship that was not in the video,
00:35and did not last long.
00:36One by one, the seven ships of the China Coast Guard appeared.
01:01The four ships of BFAR and two from the Philippine Coast Guard
01:04were attacked by more and bigger ships of China.
01:1328 nautical miles away from Panatagsyol,
01:16just in time,
01:18because here they will meet the Filipino fishermen
01:21who they will give aid.
01:23Even if we are afraid, what can we do?
01:25Of course, we will live here,
01:27in our family.
01:29While giving crudo and other aid,
01:32the silence was broken by the loud sound
01:35of the siren from CCG Vessel 5303.
01:42Aside from the big ships of the China Coast Guard,
01:45they also deployed inflatable boats
01:48to bring the Filipino fishermen closer
01:53to the Panatagsyol.
02:00The tension increased
02:02as the Filipino fishermen
02:04approached the inflatable boats.
02:10The Filipino fishermen were pushed
02:12even though the Panatagsyol is only 120 nautical miles
02:15from the mainland Luzon,
02:17entering the 200 nautical miles
02:19Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
02:22While China is more than 400 nautical miles away.
02:26This is how it is always, sir.
02:28It's really painful, sir.
02:30Why is this happening to us?
02:32The Filipino fishermen complained
02:34that they have been stuck for a long time
02:36and the China Coast Guard is not bringing them closer
02:38to the Panatagsyol,
02:40which is known as a rich fishing spot.
02:42It hurts us because
02:44of course, we are not allowed to fish here.
02:46This is our place.
02:48This is our place.
02:50We should be the ones bringing them closer.
02:54After the resupply mission,
02:56the BFAR tried to conduct a maritime patrol
02:58to bring them closer to the Panatagsyol.
03:00So even though they were covered
03:02until the sunset,
03:04the Chinese Coast Guard continued
03:06to monitor the ships of the BFAR.
03:09It's 7 o'clock in the morning, March 25,
03:12and the China Coast Guard Vessel 5303
03:15has not yet stopped
03:18to bring them closer
03:20to the BRP Dato Balensusa
03:22that we are driving.
03:24Despite the harassment of China,
03:26the Filipino fishermen
03:28were protected
03:30because of the deployment of the Philippine Coast Guard
03:32and BFAR vessels.
03:34They received a fuel subsidy.
03:36So I think this is a successful mission.
03:40Because the Chinese Coast Guard failed to monitor the ships of the BFAR,
03:42the BFAR did not force them
03:44to come closer to the Panatagsyol.
03:46But they will still come back
03:48to show that the Philippines
03:50does not give up
03:52the Panatagsyol in China.
03:54This is the first news,
03:56June Veneration for GMA Integrated News.
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