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00:00 A mission to assert the rights of Filipinos in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines is now underway.
00:06 Our group is now heading to the show.
00:09 It hasn't arrived yet.
00:11 Yesterday, about 11 Chinese vessels were spotted around the Philippine Coast Guard.
00:16 We have first news from Joseph Morong.
00:19 Our mission is to assert the rights of Filipinos in our exclusive economic zone.
00:28 They gave gasoline and grocery items to the fishermen and placed 12 buoys.
00:34 It's a few kilometers away from Masinloc in Sambales.
00:38 Here, the group placed buoys with the word "Atinto".
00:44 According to this group, it's a symbolic display that this part of the ocean is for Filipinos.
00:52 At this point, we haven't spotted the Chinese Coast Guard.
00:55 But in the air, the Cessna Caravan aircraft with the PCG crew
01:01 spotted the Chinese ships as they approached the show.
01:05 Only 11 Chinese vessels were there before the group "Atinto" arrived.
01:10 Three Chinese Coast Guard vessels were placed on the island.
01:13 Two more are closer.
01:15 There are three more Chinese Coast Guard ships near the entrance of Bahura.
01:18 They are close to 10 Chinese maritime militia vessels.
01:21 There are also Chinese warships 27 nautical miles from the east-west of Panatagshol.
01:28 Two floating barriers can be seen at the entrance of Panatag.
01:32 They really want to intimidate the civil society.
01:36 They think the more vessels that they deploy,
01:39 it will threaten the initiatives of the civilian groups.
01:45 We know that China is intimidating us.
01:49 Imagine, in front of wooden fishing vessels,
01:52 the militia and the Coast Guard are facing.
01:55 Very disproportionate.
01:56 We will ensure that our nation is still safe.
02:00 As the PCG aircraft approached Panatag,
02:03 that's when the radio challenges started.
02:05 [Radio Challenge]
02:16 The radio challenge was repeated four times.
02:18 [Radio Challenge]
02:23 Our Coast Guard pilot also challenged the PLA Navy warship
02:30 for more than five times.
02:33 We can also see Chinese ships in Panatag.
02:36 Two ships are only 2 kilometers away.
02:39 We are still near Skarboro shoal.
02:42 But we can still see Chinese Coast Guard.
02:47 And this one,
02:50 it was close to one of the ships of ATINTO.
02:56 This one,
02:58 it was close to another ship of ATINTO.
03:02 But it didn't do anything.
03:03 We just looked at what's inside.
03:05 But this one is also serving another ship of ATINTO.
03:12 In total, three ships of the CCG were spotted by ATINTO.
03:16 But the coast guard continued to patrol Panatag.
03:18 [Radio Challenge]
03:22 The radio challenges of CCG and PCG also changed.
03:25 [Radio Challenge]
03:42 The Chinese Foreign Ministry again reduced their sovereignty
03:46 in Panatag shoal that they call Kuang Yan Island.
03:49 China has goodwill arrangements in 2016
03:53 for small fishing boats of the Philippines near there.
03:56 But the Philippines will not follow.
03:58 China will defend their rights.
04:01 This is the first news.
04:03 Joseph Morong for GMA Integrated News.
04:06 [Radio Challenge]
04:21 [Music]