00:00The Philippine Navy's ongoing investigation continues
00:03on the recovered submersible drones in Masbate.
00:08Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard is closely monitoring
00:11the China's monster ship that is still inside the country's EEZ.
00:16Patrick De Jesus has the details of the country's news.
00:21The Armed Forces of the Philippines is seriously investigating
00:24the discovery of the submersible drones in Masbate
00:27that were recovered by fishermen.
00:29It is under the forensic analysis of the Philippine Navy
00:33that has been going on for almost two months
00:35as part of the investigation of its discovery.
00:38In the initial observation, the yellow-colored drone
00:42and the red and yellow-colored one
00:44are possible to be used in scientific research and fish tracking.
00:48It is 3.5 meters long, 24 centimeters wide,
00:53and weighs more than 70 kilos.
00:55All angles will be thoroughly examined by the Navy
00:59as part of the military component.
01:01The analysis will examine the object's physical structure,
01:04electronic components, power source, and any possible stored data.
01:10Equipment such as these are used for gathering bathymetric data
01:15such as water temperature, the depth of water, and salinity.
01:21As mentioned, the AFP is on top of the situation
01:25and taking this seriously.
01:28A lot of speculation has been going on.
01:31But let me state that speculation is no substitute for evidence.
01:37This is not the first time that a drone has been recovered in our ocean.
01:41Last August, a sea drone was found in the northern part of the country.
01:46While last September, there were pieces of another drone.
01:52The Navy said they do not neglect such devices
01:57that are being discovered in our country and in protecting our territory.
02:02Just because no reports come out,
02:03does it mean your AFP is timid or not doing anything?
02:08We're trying to look at the video picture and correlate their numbers.
02:12Meanwhile, the palace is in charge
02:15of maintaining the China Coast Guard's demonstership
02:19in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:21We view it with concern.
02:23So far, we have been challenging the presence of that monstership.
02:29The Coast Guard, our Coast Guard, has always been very alert
02:34in following up the presence of that monstership.
02:41The PCG's BRP Cabra continues to monitor the China's demonstership
02:45and issue a radio challenge.
02:48We are reminding you that you are within 76 nautical miles
02:52west of Apollos Point, Zambales,
02:54inside the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:57Leave this area immediately. Over.
03:00Since Saturday, the PCG has been monitoring the assets deployed
03:05that were first detected with the help of the Dark Vessel Detection System of Canada.
03:09From People's Television Network, Patrick De Jesus for Balitang Pambansa.
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