00:00In Puerto Princesa Port, BRP Teresa Magbanwa passed by at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
00:09It can be seen in the distance, the vessels that were hit after being hit by the Chinese Coast Guard ship this August.
00:15The Coast Guard personnel were personally accompanied by PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Hill Gaban,
00:19Palawan Coast Guard District Commander Captain Dennis Labay,
00:22and PCG Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore J. Tardela.
00:27Some of them were already sick, so they were immediately transferred to the Coast Guard Dispensary for the first check-up.
00:33In the 5 months that BRP Teresa Magbanwa remained in the city,
00:37some Coast Guard personnel were already sick,
00:40and some were already dextrose because of the lack of water.
00:46Four of them were brought to the hospital.
00:49According to Gaban, his recommendation is that BRP Teresa Magbanwa should return to Palawan.
00:53Aside from the bad weather in the city, the lack of food for more than 60 personnel is also a problem.
00:58Well, we have a National Maritime Council.
01:01I made a recommendation.
01:03I made all the consultations necessary to come up with a sound decision.
01:08And I think we've made the right thing.
01:11The troops that BRP Teresa Magbanwa was riding were honored.
01:14The commanding officer of the ship was Lt. Commander Efren Duran Jr.,
01:19who couldn't help but cry, especially when he was talking and receiving the medal.
01:26He remembered their sacrifice in the sea for 5 months.
01:30We are resourceful.
01:32So, we are grateful, sir.
01:34We are happy there.
01:35Just salt, sir. Water, sir.
01:37We ran out.
01:38Ah, we ran out, too.
01:39After giving the medal,
01:42today is a celebration, is a thanksgiving of a very successfully conducted mission by this ship.
01:52So, this is a reintroduction of what food is all about.
01:58Commence BOOTLEFIGHT!
02:00BOOTLEFIGHT!
02:02The personnel of BOOTLEFIGHT joined Gaban in the lead-up.
02:07This April, BRP Teresa Magbanwa was sent to Escoda Shoal
02:10to oversee some of the reclamation activities there in China,
02:14which were damaged by the floods.
02:1675 nautical miles or 140 kilometers away from Palawan is Escoda or Sabina Shoal,
02:21and it is in the lobby of our 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:25It is owned by China and is called Xian Binjiao.
02:29On August 31, three ships of the China Coast Guard,
02:32five Chinese militia vessels,
02:34and two ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy were our ships.
02:38One CCG vessel exploded three times,
02:40which is why BRP Teresa Magbanwa was pierced.
02:46Today, the spokesperson of the China Coast Guard told the Chinese state media
02:49that BRP Teresa Magbanwa withdrew or withdrew,
02:52that according to the law, they are against our ship,
02:56and that it repeatedly received supplies.
02:59But the Coast Guard and the National Maritime Council
03:02do not trust BRP Teresa Magbanwa.
03:04The return of the ship to Palawan is not in accordance with China's call
03:08to withdraw the ship there.
03:10We did not withdraw.
03:11We repositioned the vessel.
03:13We will maintain our presence in all of our Exclusive Economic Zones,
03:18including Escoda Shoal.
03:21For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
03:23for 24 Hours.
03:25For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
03:26for 24 Hours.
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