Halos 40 barko ng China ang nasa Escoda Shoal; barko ng PCG roon, dadagdagan ng PHL Navy

7 months ago

Bukod sa Panatag Shoal, pinostehan na rin ng 40 barko ng China ang Escoda Shoal. Kaya nagdagdag na rin ng pwersa ang Pilipinas doon.

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00:00 Aside from Panatagshol, 40 ships of China were also posted to Eskoda Shoal.

00:06 That's why the Philippines added more forces there.

00:09 The importance of the place and the importance of the territory in the learning of Jonathan Andar.

00:15 [Music]

00:18 What's left to discover near Eskoda Shoal are the crushed corals

00:23 that were left behind since the construction of China of the artificial island.

00:27 And the Chinese divers who came from these 3 research vessels of China

00:32 who seem to be investigating the part of the sea.

00:34 A huge Chinese vessel was also spotted here by the Philippine Coast Guard, almost 40.

00:39 That's why the Philippines sent a ship here to fight.

00:42 The Philippine Coast Guard, for a month, did not remove their biggest ship there

00:47 to stop China from making an island there.

00:50 They are still diving, but I don't think that they are still continuing their efforts

00:55 of doing illegal reclamation.

00:57 Our mere presence there have already deterred the People's Republic of China

01:02 in continuing their illegal reclamation.

01:05 Eskoda Shoal is 75 nautical miles from the Palawan Bayan

01:09 and is inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.

01:12 Right now, it is a flashpoint because that's where we saw China

01:18 that will start to dredge and create artificial islands.

01:22 According to the former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio,

01:26 the Philippines will have a big impact if China succeeds in building an artificial island there.

01:31 They have an outpost, they can watch 24 hours a day the reed bank.

01:36 The reed bank is rich in gas.

01:38 We estimate it to be 2 to 3 times larger than Malampaya.

01:43 Malampaya supplied us for about 25 years with gas.

01:47 The gas there is 2 to 3 times larger.

01:50 So it could even last up to 75 years.

01:52 Eskoda Shoal is also near Ayungin Shoal

01:55 where the BRP Sierra Madre is located

01:58 where there are Filipino soldiers who are left with food and other supplies.

02:01 It will be easier for them, right?

02:04 That we completely block our resupply operation in Ayungin.

02:09 Miss Chief Riff's Ayungin is next to it where China has a military base.

02:14 So if China can build an island in Eskoda Shoal,

02:17 they can now have Ayungin and BRP Sierra Madre in the middle.

02:21 We think they are doing it in a quiet environment

02:25 and at the same time, they can also let the BRP Sierra Madre sink in the decontamination.

02:32 We are breathing the Chinese's words

02:34 but first, they denied that they are building an artificial island in Eskoda Shoal.

02:38 According to the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative,

02:41 China has been building 7 islands in the West Philippine Sea since 2013.

02:45 Most of them have been built by the military.

02:47 For GMA Integrated News,

02:50 Jonathan Andal will talk for 24 hours.

02:53 (Music)

Halos 40 barko ng China ang nasa Escoda Shoal; barko ng PCG roon, dadagdagan ng PHL Navy | 24 Oras

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