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00:00BRP Teresa Magbanwa was listed in the Escoda Shoal,
00:03but the Philippine Coast Guard and National Maritime Council
00:07did not withdraw or give up, but only repositioned.
00:11Joseph Moro reports.
00:17In Puerto Princesa Port, BRP Teresa Magbanwa
00:20was spotted in the distance.
00:21It was only found after the Chinese Coast Guard ship
00:26Personally, PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Hill-Gaban,
00:30Palawan Coast Guard District Commander Captain Dennis Labay,
00:33and PCG Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore J. Tardella
00:37were the Coast Guard personnel.
00:38Some of them were already ill,
00:41so they were immediately transferred to the Coast Guard Dispensary
00:43for the first check-up.
00:45During the five-month stay of BRP Teresa Magbanwa,
00:49some Coast Guard personnel were already ill,
00:52while others were already on dextrose.
00:54We were told that it was because of the lack of water.
00:58So four of them were brought to the hospital.
01:00According to Gaban, his recommendation is that BRP Teresa Magbanwa
01:03should return to Palawan.
01:05Aside from the bad weather in the area,
01:07the food supply of the 60 personnel is also lacking.
01:10Well, we have a National Maritime Council.
01:12I made a recommendation.
01:15I made all the consultations necessary
01:18to come up with a sound decision.
01:20And I think we've made the right thing.
01:23BRP Teresa Magbanwa's friends were honored
01:26as the commanding officer of the ship
01:28Lt. Cmdr. Efren Duran, Jr.,
01:30who couldn't help but cry,
01:32especially after receiving the medal.
01:38He remembers their sacrifice in the sea
01:41for five months.
01:42I swam, sir.
01:43We were happy there.
01:44Just salt, sir.
01:45Water, sir.
01:46It ran out.
01:47Yes, it ran out.
01:48After being honored...
01:50Today is a celebration.
01:53It's a thanksgiving
01:55of a very successfully conducted
01:59fission by this ship.
02:01So this is a reintroduction
02:03of what food is all about.
02:06When's food of fight?
02:08Now!
02:11The personnel joined the food of fight
02:14at the beginning of Gaban.
02:15This April, BRP Teresa Magbanwa was sent
02:18to Matiag, Saumonay Reclamation Activities,
02:21in China,
02:23which was damaged by floods.
02:2575 nautical miles,
02:27or 140 kilometers,
02:28is the distance from Palawan to Escoda
02:30or Sabina Shoal.
02:31It's in the lobby of our 200 nautical mile
02:33Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:35It is owned by China
02:37and is called Xian Binjiao.
02:39On August 31,
02:40three ships of the China Coast Guard,
02:42five Chinese militia vessels,
02:44and two ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
02:46were damaged.
02:47One CCG vessel was damaged three times,
02:49which is why BRP Teresa Magbanwa
02:51was pierced.
02:54According to the spokesperson of the China Coast Guard
02:56in the Chinese state media,
02:58the BRP Teresa Magbanwa withdrew or withdrew.
03:00According to the law,
03:02they were forced to fight against our ship
03:04and were forced to send supplies again and again.
03:07But the Coast Guard's gate
03:09and the National Maritime Council
03:11did not withdraw the BRP Teresa Magbanwa.
03:13The return of the ship to Palawan
03:15is under the call of China
03:17to withdraw the ship.
03:19We did not withdraw.
03:21We repositioned the vessel.
03:23We will maintain our presence
03:25in all of our Exclusive Economic Zones
03:27including Escoda Shoal.
03:29Joseph Morong reporting for GMA Integrated News.
03:33The Philippine Coast Guard
03:35promised that China
03:37will not occupy Escoda Shoal
03:39even if BRP Teresa Magbanwa
03:41leaves there.
03:44However, the Philippines' presence
03:46in the area is still a mystery.
03:48Chino Gaston has more on the spot.
03:50Chino?
03:52Connie June,
03:54the BRP Teresa Magbanwa's return
03:56to Palawan is not a defeat
03:58and not a surrender
04:00after more than four months
04:02of staying in Escoda Shoal.
04:04According to PCG spokesperson
04:06for the West Philippine Sea,
04:08Commodore J. Tariella,
04:10the withdrawal of the ship
04:12in the said area
04:14after the supply was depleted
04:16and the need to collect
04:18Teresa Magbanwa's money
04:20after the Chinese Coast Guard
04:22bombed the ship several times
04:24as well as the medical condition
04:26of some of the crew.
04:28PCG Commandant Ronnie Hill Gabandau
04:30decided to return the ship
04:32to undergo repairs
04:34and deal with the medical condition
04:36of four affected crew members.
04:38Three of the crew
04:40suffered dehydration
04:42while the other was attacked
04:44by gout. PCG assured
04:46that their ships will return
04:48to Escoda and there will be no
04:50reclamation activity there
04:52that they will not operate.
04:54There are other ships
04:56that the Philippine Coast Guard
04:58can deploy there. In PCG's monitoring,
05:00not only BRP Teresa Magbanwa
05:02left Escoda Shoal
05:04due to the bad weather,
05:06even their counterparts,
05:08the People's Liberation
05:10Army Navy,
05:12also left.
05:14Eleven Chinese maritime
05:16fishing vessels remain
05:18in Escoda.
05:20As we said,
05:22the Chinese Coast Guard
05:24and Chinese Navy left.
05:26In addition to PCG,
05:28the occupation of the Chinese Coast Guard
05:30in Escoda
05:32in Pahaw de Masinloc
05:34cannot be denied.
05:37First of all,
05:39PCG is free to enter and patrol
05:41Escoda because
05:43aside from two lagoons here and many
05:45lagoons, it is more than 130
05:47square kilometers in size.
05:49PCG and other ships
05:51of the Philippines
05:53are still free to return and enter Escoda.
05:55Due to its low tide elevation,
05:57it is only 72 nautical miles
05:59away from Palawan.
06:01On the issue of ship supply,
06:03PCG admitted that
06:05it used desalination filters
06:07and they did not think that
06:09the deployment in Escoda would last this long.
06:11That's why the desalination filters
06:13for the desalination machines were used.
06:15The filters are used to convert
06:17the salt water to drinking water.
06:19Ship crews were forced to use
06:21rainwater and runoff
06:23from the air conditioning units
06:25as drinking water.
06:27Japan will help
06:29to buy desalination filters
06:31from PCG to impact
06:33more supply.
06:35For now, PCG does not know
06:37how many ships and when
06:39will return to Escoda Shoal.
06:41Comment.
06:43Thank you very much, Chino Gaston.
06:45To maintain the presence of
06:47the Philippines in Escoda Shoal,
06:49that is the directive of President Bongbong Marcos
06:51following the return of
06:53BRP Teresa Magbanwa.
06:55To the National Maritime Council
06:57spokesman Alexander Lopez,
06:59it is not only a physical presence,
07:02but also a strategic presence.
07:04That's why it can be done
07:06because the ships have radar.
07:08Assets from different agencies
07:10like the Philippine Navy
07:12and Armed Forces of the Philippines
07:14are also helping
07:16to monitor the entire West Philippine Sea.
07:18The country also asked
07:20for help from its allies.
07:22Lopez did not say which ship
07:24will be replaced by BRP Teresa Magbanwa,
07:26but it was already ordered
07:28to return the forces there.
07:32Because
07:34what our countrymen are thinking
07:36is that if we leave,
07:38we will give up.
07:40That is wrong.
07:42We are not giving up.
07:44Even if Teresa Magbanwa leaves,
07:46it did not diminish
07:48our presence in the area
07:50because we have other ways
07:52to monitor and cover
07:54the area.
08:01For more updates,
08:03stay tuned to GMA Pinoy TV
08:05and www.gmanews.tv