PH Coast Guard challenges 2 Chinese ships shadowing local vessel on supply mission to Pagasa Island

The Manila Times

PH Coast Guard challenges 2 Chinese ships shadowing local vessel on supply mission to Pagasa Island  Video shows Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel aboard its ship issuing a challenge on radio to two China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels that were four nautical miles away from the local civilian vessel MV Kapitan Felix Oca as it cruised to 58 nautical miles west of El Nido, Palawan. The ship was en route to Pagasa Island where it would deliver supplies to the troops stationed there on May 27, 2025. The PCG asserted that the area was within the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as defined under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).   VIDEO COURTESY OF THE PCG  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #WestPhilippineSea  #Philippines

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00:00To China Coast Guard 3306, this is Philippine Coast Guard Vessel, BRP Melchora Aquino, MRRV 9702.

00:12You are advised with pure currency sailing within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,

00:19approximately 42.6 nautical miles northwest of El Nido, Palawan, Philippines.

00:26In accordance with the Republic Act 12064, or the Philippine Maritime Zones Act,

00:34the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in which you are a signatory state,

00:41and the 2016 Arbitral Award, you do not possess any legal authority to patrol within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

00:51You are directed to cease and desist from conducting illegal maritime patrol within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

01:01Your illegal activities will be reported to higher authorities.

01:06Over.

01:06On the left, the Department of Education.

01:11Our travail will become a Polishist.

01:24On the right, catch on the left.

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