00:00Good evening, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:05Following yesterday's flood and bombing of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, or BFAR,
00:13China has now announced the resupply mission of the Philippine Coast Guard.
00:18The two PCG vessels were surrounded and challenged by China's vessels
00:23so that they won't be able to approach the Sabina Shoal.
00:25Because of that, the Coast Guard's mission to deliver supplies to the anchored BRP Teresa Magbanwa has failed.
00:33Marisol Abdurrahman is live.
00:36Marisol.
00:40Mel, Emil, Vicky, the Philippine Coast Guard's vessels have failed to enter the Sabina Shoal
00:46after being surrounded by China's vessels that were supposed to deliver supplies to the BRP Teresa Magbanwa
00:52which is now anchored at the Sabina Shoal.
00:59Before 5 o'clock this morning, the BRP Cabra and the BRP Ingayno
01:04targeted the two PCG vessels that were supposed to arrive at the Sabina Shoal.
01:10The mission is to deliver supplies to the BRP Teresa Magbanwa.
01:14Past 9 o'clock in the morning,
01:16just 30 nautical miles away from the Boniluyan port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan,
01:21this ship was spotted by China.
01:23At 9.50 in the morning,
01:25it became two and seemed to be approaching the Philippine ships.
01:29Before 12 o'clock in the afternoon,
01:31the Chinese ships increased in numbers.
01:33While we were about to enter the Sabina Shoal,
01:36the Chinese and Philippine ships exchanged radio challenges.
01:41We were told not to respond.
01:43But despite what the PCG said,
01:45that they will just provide Unitarian assistance,
01:48to a PCG vessel there,
01:50they were not given.
01:52We are approaching the Sabina Shoal at the Philippine Coast Guard,
01:55which is just 25 nautical miles away
01:57from the Chinese ships.
02:00One of them is just 400 meters away from us.
02:04But later on,
02:06it approached us,
02:07until it completely stopped.
02:09It temporarily stopped in the said area.
02:12While the PCG was surrounded by the Chinese ships.
02:16Before 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
02:18two of the China Coast Guard stopped us.
02:21And it increased even more.
02:23Not just one or two Chinese ships
02:26were in the way of the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP PCG,
02:30where we are now,
02:31but it was surrounded by Chinese ships.
02:35Some of them were from their Navy.
02:38Yesterday, the PCG's ships were surrounded by the BRP Cabra.
02:42It was stopped wherever it went.
02:44Until it completely left the area,
02:46past 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
02:48until we left.
02:50These ships were still stopped by the Chinese.
02:53They wanted to make sure
02:55that the Philippine ships were completely protected,
02:58even inside our exclusive economic zone.
03:01At the moment, the PCG's ships are returning to Puerto Princesa, Palawan,
03:06where we are now.
03:08Meanwhile, in a statement, China said
03:11that they did not have permission from the two ships of the Philippine Coast Guard
03:15to enter the Sabina Shoal.
03:17That's why they immediately controlled it
03:19because their Chinese Coast Guards were put in danger
03:22because of what the Philippines did.
03:24Vicky.
03:25Thank you very much, Marisol.
03:28Vicky.
03:29Thank you very much, Marisol Abdurrahman.
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