00:00The modernization of the Philippine Coast Guard continues.
00:02It is proven that some new equipment is expected to come under the administration of Marcos.
00:08The details in the national news of Patrick de Azuz of PTV Manila.
00:15After President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was again opposed to the protection of the West Philippine Sea
00:21despite the limited equipment,
00:23the Philippine Coast Guard said that they will not be able to withstand the surveillance.
00:28Yesterday, the President said that the Philippine Coast Guard and AFP will continue their mandate
00:35in front of the continuous aggressive movement of Chinese ships in our Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:42We don't have the means to evacuate.
00:44It's not good if we have an aircraft carrier with a destroyer, frigate, and submarine
00:50that we will send there to push them away.
00:55We don't have that.
00:56If it's a large number of ships, we're far from China.
01:02But our policy is that we will just continue to defend our sovereign territory
01:11and our territorial rights in the EEZ.
01:14What is the mission of the Coast Guard? What is the mission of the Navy?
01:17To protect the territorial integrity of the Philippines.
01:21So that's what they will do.
01:22This is the reason why President Bongbong Marcos last year approved the acquisition of five more 97-meters from Japan
01:39and 40 more vessels that will be coming from France as well.
01:44I think the silver lining of the statement is, again, to inform the Filipino people
01:50that we are committed in carrying out our patriotic duty in the West Philippine Sea.
02:20The BRP Teresa Magbanua did not respond to the radio challenge
02:30on the illegal detention of Chinese ships in the EEZ of the country
02:34that violated the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, UNCLOS, and the 2016 Arbitral Award.
02:41Two ships were being guarded, including the monster ship in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinlo.
02:48Meanwhile, the PCG reverted to the statement of the gay party's representative, Rodante Marcoleta,
02:55that there is no West Philippine Sea.
02:57President Bongbong Marcos mentioned this in the last State of the Nation Address.
03:02This is not just a random thought.
03:05This statement of a young man who aspires to be a senator
03:11is giving wrong information to our Filipino countrymen.
03:16Our transparency efforts that we are doing under this administration
03:22is for us to provide correct information to our countrymen
03:28so that we can be united to fight our enemies in the West Philippine Sea.
03:31In 2012, the government officially used the term West Philippine Sea
03:37under an administrative order that was passed by former President Noy Aquino.
03:43Only a portion of our EEZ in the South China Sea is included.
03:47This was confirmed by the Philippine Maritime Zones Act
03:51that was passed by President Marcos Jr. last year.
03:55From People's Television Network, Patrick de Azuz for Panbatsa News.
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