AFP, pinagbabayad ang China ng P60-M dahil sa nasirang kagamitan sa Ayungin Shoal encounter noong June 17, 2024
Halos 12,000 PDLs, pinalaya ng BuCor
Halos 12,000 PDLs, pinalaya ng BuCor
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00:00This is BTV Balita Ngayon.
00:05The Armed Forces of the Philippines are paying the damages left by China
00:10in the confrontation between the Chinese Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy on June 17 in Yungin Shoal.
00:17According to AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Browner Jr.,
00:21they have already sent a letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs to ask for it from the Chinese counterpart.
00:27The AFP also wanted China to pay for the reconstruction surgery of the Filipino soldier
00:34who was cut off his finger because of the incident.
00:38The AFP also called on China to return the weapons it took.
00:43According to this, Browner assured that it will not be bullied in China
00:48and will continue the resupply mission of the Philippines.
00:51In my letter, I demanded the return of 7 firearms.
00:56Those weapons were taken by the Chinese Coast Guard
01:01because those weapons were in a box.
01:05So they only took 7 replicas.
01:10They destroyed our equipment.
01:13When we estimated the cost of the damage, it's 60 million pesos.
01:22In other news, almost 12,000 persons deprived of liberty were released by the government.
01:29In a town hall meeting in Dasmariñas, Cavite,
01:32Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres said
01:36that this resulted in the release of prisoners from various places in the country.
01:40The PDLs were released with the help of the Public Attorney's Office
01:44and the assistance of law enforcement agencies.
01:47According to Andres, this is still part of the reform in the system of justice of the Marcos Administration.
01:54And those are the news for this time.
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02:01I am Rodrigo Reseta for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.