00:00The Philippine ships America and Japan sailed together in the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08A warship of America also sailed near Spratlys.
00:12Witness, Rafi Tima.
00:16Not only did the BRP capture the ship of Tikhwan that was attacked in the West Philippine Sea on December 4,
00:21but also its sister ship, the Matanang Taradapit, which patrolled the San Dike near Pagasa Island,
00:27also tried to attack a Chinese militia ship.
00:30Fortunately, the ship of BIFAR did not reach it.
00:33When the BRP reached Orion Bataan, the crew saw the other wreckage of the ship.
00:40Its protective cover, the hydraulic line of the on-board crane, was broken after being hit by a water cannon.
00:46These are the three industrial-grade plastic tanks that were repeatedly targeted by the China Coast Guard's water cannon.
00:52This is where BIFAR's crude oil was imported to the Philippines.
00:57It was not destroyed, but its thick metal support was deformed
01:01and the plastic itself was crushed by the force of the pressure from the water cannon.
01:09The BRP was about to sail to Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masidlo,
01:13a part of the territory of the Philippines, and enter our Exclusive Economic Zone.
01:17It was also adopted by China as their territory.
01:21But in the Murillo-Villarde 1734 map, which is considered the mother of all Philippine maps,
01:26during the Castilian period, the area called Bajo de Masidlo was recognized as part of the Philippine jurisdiction.
01:33In a ceremony in Malacanang, the map was formally transferred to the government of the Philippines
01:38by Mel Velasco Villarde, who bought the map at an auction in London in 2014.
01:44The Murillo-Villarde map, in particular, provided critical evidence to demonstrate
01:49that the Philippines has continuously exercised authority and jurisdiction
01:54over what is now identified as Panakot Shoal, now Scarborough Shoal,
01:59and Los Bajos de Paraguay, Spratly Islands.
02:03The 2016 Arbitral Award clarified maritime entitlements under UNCROS,
02:09reinforcing our rights over resources within our Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf.
02:17Earlier, the Philippine ships, Japan and America,
02:21jointly conducted a multilateral maritime cooperative activity in the designated area of the Philippine EEZ.
02:27The Philippines is allowed to freely sail all Freedom of Navigation operations
02:33past the high seas, not the territorial waters.
02:36In the area of Spratlys, the US Navy Destroyer USS Preble passed.
02:41According to the US Navy, in their Freedom of Navigation operation,
02:44they challenged the limitation of what China, Taiwan and Vietnam are doing
02:48in the Innocent Passage, or free sailing of ships.
02:51The Armed Forces of the Philippines said
02:53they do not know about the passage of the USS Preble in Spratlys.
02:57For GMA Integrated News, I'm Rafik Tima.
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