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Philippine Coast Guard personnel survey several ships believed to be Chinese militia vessels in the South China Sea on April 27. | PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD / VIA REUTERS
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The Philippines said China’s unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea doesn’t apply to areas within the Southeast Asian nation, in yet another sign of tension between the two countries.
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea “opposes China’s imposition of the same over the areas within the territory and jurisdiction of the Philippines,” it said in a statement Tuesday. “Our fisherfolk are encouraged to go out and fish in our waters.” Vietnam had been opposing China’s fishing ban in waters that include areas where it ha
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The Philippine Coast Guard drove away Chinese militia ships from a Manila-claimed reef in the South China Sea in late April, the national security adviser said, while declaring that Filipino fishermen are exempt from Beijing’s annual fishing ban in the disputed waterway and other seas.
The coast guard’s BRP Cabra, backed by other ships, shooed away seven Chinese ships from Sabina Shoal on April 27, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said. The reef is 130 nautical miles west of Puerto Princesa in Palawan province, within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“The crew of the BRP Cabra issued challenges to the offending vessels, but elicited no response from the CMM,” Esperon said in a statement released late Tuesday night, referring to the “Chinese Maritime Militia.”
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The Philippine Coast Guard drove away Chinese militia ships from a Manila-claimed reef in the South China Sea in late April, the national security adviser said, while declaring that Filipino fishermen are exempt from Beijing’s annual fishing ban in the disputed waterway and other seas.
The coast guard’s BRP Cabra, backed by other ships, shooed away seven Chinese ships from Sabina Shoal on April 27, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said. The reef is 130 nautical miles west of Puerto Princesa in Palawan province, within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“The crew of the BRP Cabra issued challenges to the offending vessels, but elicited no response from the CMM,” Esperon said in a statement released late Tuesday night, referring to the “Chinese Maritime Militia.”
Lacson wants review of diplomatic ties with China amid incursions in West Philippine Sea By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published May 4, 2021 12:09pm Senator Panfilo Lacson has pushed for a review of the Philippine-China diplomatic relations amid the recent incursions in the West Philippine Sea. “What kind of friend - or benefactor - would take what is ours, bully us, and ignore our protests?” Lacson asked in a press statement. In a public briefing Monday night, President Rodrigo Duterte said China remains to be the Philippines’ “benefactor” and the ongoing territorial dispute should not be a reason to be rude and disrespectful.”
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Bangkok, May 4 (EFE).- The president of the Philippines called China his country’s “benefactor” shortly after the foreign ministry slammed what it described as “belligerent actions” by Chinese military ships against the Philippine Coast Guard in the South China Sea.
“Just because we have a conflict with China does not mean to say that we have to be rude and disrespectful. As a matter of fact, we have many things to thank China for the help in the past (sic),” Rodrigo Duterte said during a Monday night speech, at a time his government is negotiating the monthly delivery of 4 million doses of the Chinese-made Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine.