00:00Despite the latest incident of China's harassment of Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,
00:06PCG Spokesperson on the West Philippine Sea, Commodore J. Tareala believes
00:11that this is not the time for us to ask for help from other countries.
00:15A Chinese tabloid released a video of unallied evidence of continued reinforcement
00:21in the BRP Sierra Madre located in Ayungin Shoal.
00:24J.P. Sorian is on the scene.
00:26J.P. Sorian is on the scene.
00:29According to the Global Times, the tabloid newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party
00:35secretly brought materials for the damaged BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal
00:43based on a video they got exclusively.
00:46It looks like it's loaded with heavy equipment
00:50that they referred to as large quantities of construction materials.
00:55According to the Global Times, the BRP Sierra Madre was delivered at night
01:01and the Philippine military personnel also welded the material.
01:05The Global Times did not mention when this video was taken.
01:10In the press briefing of China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian,
01:14what happened in Ayungin Shoal is because of the Philippines' non-fulfillment
01:19of its commitment to the BRP Sierra Madre.
01:23We are also trying to get the statement of the Department of Foreign Affairs
01:27and Armed Forces of the Philippines in accordance with the Global Times
01:32and in accordance with the statement of China.
01:34In accordance with the incident in Ayungin Shoal this Monday
01:37where the Chinese Coast Guard brought knives, swords, machetes and guns
01:43that were prohibited by the Philippine Navy.
01:45Again, the DFA called on China to comply with international law,
01:50especially the UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award
01:54that is a waste of China's commitment to the West Philippine Sea.
01:58The National Maritime Council said earlier that the incident is not considered an armed attack
02:04and the Philippines will continue to pursue a peaceful and diplomatic dialogue with China.
02:11The intention of the Philippine government is to do the resupply operation last Monday.
02:17The objective of China is to prevent the resupply operation.
02:20That's how simple we should look at the last incident.
02:25This was suggested by a maritime law professor.
02:28So a single incident, even though it might be serious and might constitute an unlawful act
02:38under international law, that is not yet sufficient ground for the initiation of hostilities
02:45such as in the exercise of self-defense or collective self-defense.
02:49According to Commodore J. Tariella, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea.
02:55Right now, we don't see any reason that we will be requesting any foreign actors
03:03to support our ordinary and routine resupply mission to Beard, Ceramag.
03:11According to PCG, based on the NMC meeting yesterday,
03:15the Philippine's regular and routine resupply mission to Beard, Ceramag will continue.
03:20For GMA Integrated News, J.P. Soriano, 24 Hours.
03:28According to Global Times, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea said
03:34that China's regular and routine resupply mission to Beard, Ceramag will continue.
03:42This was proven by China's greedy ambition to use Dahas.
03:50According to Global Times, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea said
03:55that China's regular and routine resupply mission to Beard, Ceramag
04:00will continue.
04:04This was proven by China's greedy ambition to use Dahas.
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