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00:00 The Philippines' fishing boats are now being attacked by the West Philippine Sea.
00:06 This is in line with the ongoing presence of Chinese militia vessels.
00:10 The Philippine fishing boats are now arriving because they are almost out of fishing nets.
00:15 Here is the report.
00:16 A group of Chinese militia vessels attacked the people of Bifuar
00:24 in a resupply mission to the Recto Bank. Not far from the 16 Chinese vessels, the ship seems to have left the Reed Bank.
00:32 It is 6 in the morning of November 20, when the BRP arrived to the Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea.
00:38 The ship from Orion, Bataan has been sailing for two days for resupply and maritime patrol.
00:43 Unlike the last mission, no one showed up in the People's Liberation Army Navy Uplan of China.
00:49 No Chinese Coast Guard has also been spotted in the course of the sailing.
00:53 Despite this, the people of Bifuar did not waste their time and immediately distributed their fishing nets.
00:59 The fishermen from Cebu, Bohol, Palawan and Mindoro were given a ton of gasoline.
01:06 The fishermen did not say how happy they were with the gifts and presence of the Philippine ships.
01:12 This is a proof of their smiles and kindness.
01:15 But if the problem with the expensive fishing nets was solved by Bifuar,
01:19 the fishermen did not know how they would solve the problem of the small number of fish caught in the area.
01:26 One, they are blaming the years of the Chinese militia vessel in the Recto Bank.
01:32 The fishermen said that if they used to catch fish in their nets, they would catch them in a few days.
01:40 Now, they sometimes need to add more days to the sea just to make sure they can sell fish.
01:48 If they are not here, the area we can reach is not blocked.
01:55 The Chinese Coast Guard will block you even in Sabina.
02:01 Near Palawan, they are blocking the area.
02:08 There are many ships in Sabina.
02:12 There are also many trainers there.
02:16 They also said that their small ships are not right compared to the big ships of China.
02:23 We are not going to do anything.
02:25 We don't have anything to do.
02:27 They are all steel ships.
02:29 We are big.
02:30 We are just wood.
02:31 It is hard to do.
02:33 It is hard for us to defend ourselves here.
02:36 They are all steel.
02:39 If we are hit, we will be crushed.
02:41 They are all steel.
02:43 It is not just a matter of steel.
02:46 We are the ones who are pitiful if we are forced to do this.
02:48 Lito has a request to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
02:52 I am calling for the action of the Philippine government to make the Chinese leave.
03:03 If they don't leave, it will be hard for the fishermen here in the Philippines.
03:10 While the other fishermen are just trying to make friends with the Chinese militia so that they won't be chased.
03:18 If we don't have food and cigarettes, we will go to them.
03:23 We will ask for them.
03:25 We will ask for money.
03:27 Aside from resupply mission, another step of BIFAR is to go to Recto Bank to investigate this sand bar behind me
03:35 where the Filipinos are resting.
03:40 We will investigate if the sand bar and corals here are natural or not.
03:45 At the same time of the explosion this morning, April 21,
03:49 the Chinese Coast Guard with a boat number 4202
03:53 circled the CCG in the area where the BIFAR boat is anchored.
03:58 But because the BIFAR is anchored in a shallow area, it lowered its rib to get closer and leave the group of the Filipino fishing boat and BIFAR.
04:08 The BIFAR also caught the people of the CCG in the Chinese militia vessel.
04:14 Only a few Chinese militia vessels like this are staying here in Recto Bank.
04:20 But despite their presence, the Filipinos are still fishing calmly here in this area.
04:27 The next day, the BIFAR made a maritime patrol.
04:32 This time, their target is to find the two fish aggregating devices or "payaw"
04:38 that the Filipino fishermen put.
04:40 Ten "payaw" were put in Recto Bank.
04:43 But the fishermen said that they only see six.
04:47 It is not confirmed if they were watching or they were cut on purpose.
04:51 The fishermen from Quezon, Palawan put "payaw" in Recto Bank.
04:57 And according to them, "payaw" is a big fish to increase the number of fish caught in this area.
05:03 Those reports are still subject for verification, sir.
05:07 But other than that, sir, the factors like that, sir, we can say that it was just cut by the fishermen, sir.
05:13 Not necessarily that someone cut or removed it, sir.
05:16 Despite the presence of Chinese ships in the territory of the Philippines,
05:21 BIFAR assured that they will not tire of monitoring and monitoring the Filipino fishermen
05:27 who are fishing everyday in the remote areas.
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