00:00The National Maritime Council has condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's
00:03bombing and water cannoning of Philippine ships in Bajo de Masinlok.
00:09The Philippine Coast Guard called the Chinese ships' overkill.
00:14This is Ryan Lisigas of PTV in Balitang Pambansa.
00:19We are doing all possible actions that we are allowed to carry out.
00:27Despite of those water cannoning, dangerous maneuver, we're still holding our ground.
00:33President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has arrived with the latest incident of the Chinese ships' harassment
00:39of the Philippine ships in Bajo de Masinlok.
00:42According to the National Maritime Council spokesperson, Undersecretary Alexander Lopez,
00:47the incident was handled by Poonong Hecotibo.
00:50The Philippines reiterates that Bajo de Masinlok is an integral part of the Philippine territory
00:59and has indisputable sovereignty over the high tide feature and its territorial sea.
01:06The National Maritime Council has also condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's
01:09bombing and water cannoning of the BRP Datu Pagbuhaya and BRP Datu Sanday
01:16that would only help the Philippine fishermen in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
01:23This is clearly a violation of China's Law of the Sea.
01:27The National Maritime Council condemns the hostile actions against the country's legitimate maritime operations
01:35within its maritime zones.
01:37The aggressive posture of the Chinese vessels highlights a continuing pattern of aggression.
01:44Coercion and intimidation within Philippine waters.
01:49The Philippine Coast Guard called the Chinese ships' overkill.
01:54According to Commodore J. Tariella, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea,
02:00five Chinese ships tried to stop the Bephar's humanitarian mission.
02:07At the very first opportunity, the Chinese warship Bephar was already part of the dangerous maneuver.
02:15This happened 19 nautical miles from the Scarborough Shoal.
02:20Despite this, the Philippines has no plans to send the Philippine Navy to the West Philippine Sea
02:26to confront the Chinese greyship.
02:29But this does not show that the country's fate is bleak.
02:33This is not an attempt to continue China's aggression,
02:36but to avoid tension in the West Philippine Sea.
02:42This is just a clear evidence that it is not the Philippines that aggressively deployed our vessel.
02:49The one that is aggressive here, the one that is provocative and escalating tension in Bajo Dimasinlo
02:56are the Chinese Coast Guard vessels.
02:58From PTV, Ryan Lisigas for Balitang Pambansa.
