BRP Cabra ng PCG, hinarang at halos banggain ng barko ng China Coast Guard 170 km mula Zambales

4/6/2025

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Transcript

00:00Exclusively, we got the GMA Integrated News of the video of the new harassment of the China Coast Guard on our ship inside our Exclusive Economic Zone.

00:10It seems that the Coast Guard's ship will be bombed by the CCG Vessel.

00:15Joseph Moro was there.

00:20China Coast Guard Vessel 3302 is almost twice the size of the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Cabra

00:26The two ships were facing each other earlier this afternoon at a distance of 170 kilometers from Zambales.

00:32Even though the BRP Cabra faced a radio challenge, the Chinese Vessel continued to approach it.

00:42The Chinese ship was at 6 knots and 10 kilometers per hour at these points.

00:47The BRP Cabra was continuously being bombarded.

00:50Their range was only up to 18 yards or 16 meters.

00:55In another video, the Chinese ship was almost next to the BRP Cabra.

01:00According to the PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore Jay Tariella, the Cabra was able to evade the bombing.

01:08Because of the seamanship skills of our Coast Guard sailors, we were able to prevent them from delivering another possible collision.

01:19You can just imagine how much it would impact our smaller Coast Guard Vessel.

01:26This is not the first time that China's ship has approached the Philippines.

01:31The Chinese Coast Guard wants to normalize the situation.

01:35We have not disputed and for a long time, the Chinese Coast Guard has not patrolled.

01:45The intention of China, if you don't notice them, it would take months or years.

01:53Eventually, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will say, for so many years, we have been patrolling the area blah blah blah.

02:01That's what we are preventing them to do, to make a reference a few years from now.

02:09When this happened, almost at the same time when another Chinese ship was approaching the ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources or BFAR.

02:17Under the monitoring of Maritime Security Expert Ray Powell, the 134-meter vessel of the China Coast Guard was seen approaching the BRP Datu Bangkaw of BFAR.

02:26Earlier this afternoon, the China Coast Guard was still approaching Bangkaw, up to a distance of 100 nautical miles or almost 200 kilometers from Busuanga Island in Palawan.

02:36In the north, a research vessel of China was spotted in Batanes.

02:40It was almost after the visit of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegsit in the Philippines when it was announced that the Advanced Bilateral Special Forces Training will be conducted in Batanes.

02:51We are still waiting for the announcement from China.

02:54According to Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romaldes, China's challenge to the sovereignty of the Philippines is one of the reasons why the AFP needs to modernize.

03:04According to the Alloc of the United States, fighter jets will be sold in the Philippines and if it continues, fighter jets can be delivered in the next year or in 2027.