00:00At the same time, the Philippine and US Coast Guards are training near Lubang Island
00:05where a Chinese vessel was spotted.
00:07The China Coast Guard's monster ship
00:10has been anchored for two weeks near a ship of the Philippine Coast Guard.
00:14Chino Gaston was spotted there.
00:19Search and rescue using rubber boats and helicopters.
00:24Firefighting and rescue of rubber boats even if they are bombed by water.
00:28And joint operations in the sea.
00:31Some of that in the training yesterday of the US Coast Guard Cutter WASH
00:36and Philippine Coast Guard Crew of BRP Melchor Aquino.
00:39Preparation for the occasion when the two allied countries need to sail together.
00:59There's still no talk about those kind of joint patrol.
01:03But again, we still have to recognize
01:06that this kind of activity with the United States Coast Guard
01:10is clear evidence of our strong maritime cooperation.
01:17A joint exercise was conducted near Lubang Island of Occidental Mindoro.
01:21While the exercise was being conducted,
01:23the China Coast Guard Vessel 530C approached Lubang Island
01:26for 15 nautical miles to dock.
01:28This is also the CCG Vessel
01:30that approached Lubang Island for more than 100 kilometers.
01:35But in the last monitoring of the PCG,
01:37it left and headed towards Palawan.
01:40Last night, we also tracked its movement
01:45that it's now moving away towards Palawan.
01:48So it's no longer there in Lubang Island.
01:51In other parts of the West Philippine Sea,
01:53more than two weeks ago,
01:55near BRP Teresa Magbanwa in Escoda Shoal,
01:58the Chinese Coast Guard's monster ship with a bound number 5901 was anchored.
02:03Earlier this morning,
02:04earlier this morning,
02:05only 600 meters between the two
02:08in Escoda Shoal inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
02:11Although nothing is being done
02:13other than monitoring BRP Teresa Magbanwa.
02:17Confirm that as of 7.30 in the morning,
02:21the last image that I got from our Coast Guard personnel from 9701,
02:27the China Coast Guard monster ship remains to be inside the Escoda Shoal.
02:32It never departed and is still anchored there.
02:35It's very near.
02:37Before this, the monster ship left Escoda Shoal
02:40from July 12 to 15 to patrol
02:43with the Chinese militia ships,
02:45according to security analyst Ray Powell.
02:48China previously said that their ship is staying in Escoda
02:53because the Philippines will build an outpost there.
02:57According to former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio,
03:01it is time for the new arbitration case, UNCLOS,
03:05after China opposed the Philippines' request
03:08to give an extended continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea.
03:11Arbitration cases such as the 2016 Arbitral Award are important
03:16because it is the basis of many countries
03:19to support and strengthen the Philippines in the fight for rights against China.
03:24The joint patrols are one of the strongest enforcement measures of the Arbitral Award.
03:34They're telling China, we can conduct these naval drills, aerial drills,
03:39because these waters constitute the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines
03:46in accordance with the Arbitral Award.
03:48In the exclusive economic zone under UNCLOS,
03:51that is the strongest enforcement so far.
03:54For GMA Integrated News,
03:56Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
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