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The Philippine Coast Guard says it is committed to sustaining a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea to ensure China does not carry out reclamation activities at the Sabina Shoal.

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00:00The Philippine Coast Guard says it is committed to sustaining a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea
00:07to ensure China does not carry out reclamation activities at the Sabina Shoal
00:11In a press conference, PCG spokesperson Jay Tariella says the Coast Guard has deployed ships to the atoll
00:18Since mid-April, PCG says it discovered piles of dead and crushed coral dumped on the atoll, altering the sizes and elevation of the sandbars
00:27The shoal, which Manila calls Escoda, lies within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ
00:33It is the rendezvous point for vessels carrying out resupply missions to Filipino troops stationed on a grounded warship at the Ayungin Shoal

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