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00:00After returning to Palawan,
00:03the people of BRP Teresa Magbanoa
00:06told their struggles while in Escoda or Sabina Shoal.
00:10It even reached the point where they were drinking water
00:13that came from the airport
00:14because of the lack of drinking water.
00:16Witness, Joseph Moro.
00:22The repeated blockade of the China Coast Guard
00:25in BRP Teresa Magbanoa on August 31,
00:27left this big hole in the engine room.
00:31The people of PCG showed this to me
00:34when they were returning to Palawan
00:36after a 5-month mission in Escoda Shoal
00:38to guard any tank reclamation of China.
00:41This is the wreckage of BRP Teresa Magbanoa
00:45when the China Coast Guard bombed our ship on August 31.
00:49It's in this engine room.
00:51They explained to us that it's dangerous
00:53if this hits or damages the ship.
00:57If the cooling system is lost,
00:59our engine won't be able to run.
01:01What happened?
01:02Dead on the water.
01:04They have a reason to salvage us
01:08because we are dead on the water.
01:10We can't be pulled.
01:13More than 60 passengers of the ship
01:16went through a difficult time.
01:17On August 19, their food supply began to be critical.
01:21There was supposed to be a resupply mission on August 26,
01:23but the Philippine Coast Guard ships
01:26couldn't reach the ships of China.
01:28They only received 1.5 kilos of rice.
01:33They made this porridge for almost 3 weeks.
01:36It's just rice porridge.
01:38Pepper, salt.
01:39That's all we were left with.
01:41We have friends who get dizzy
01:44because they are hungry.
01:45They get dizzy at night.
01:47What do you do when that happens?
01:48Nothing.
01:49I just sleep and rest.
01:51And because they ran out of drinking water,
01:53they only rely on rainwater
01:55and the water from the aircon.
01:57Our chief engineer discovered
01:59that we can drink the water
02:01from our air-conditioning unit,
02:03the condensed water.
02:05We like the one from the air-conditioning unit
02:07and the one from the rain.
02:09Because it has a taste.
02:11Sometimes it tastes like a swimming pool
02:14and salty.
02:16On August 28, supplies were airdropped
02:18but it was still not enough.
02:20Gastroenteritis, dehydration, and gout
02:22were also affected.
02:24One of them lost her pulse.
02:26She was vomiting.
02:28Women are not allowed to do that.
02:30On the other hand,
02:31the troops are ready to return to the squadron
02:33if necessary.
02:34The Philippine Coast Guard
02:36and the National Maritime Council
02:38urged BRP Teresa Magbano
02:40not to be seen as a coward or a loser.
02:44We are not cowards,
02:45we are not cowards,
02:46we are not cowards.
02:47We left because of the conditions
02:49of our people.
02:50We were not accepted.
02:52God forbid,
02:54we might die in our town.
02:56According to the PCG,
02:57aside from the severe condition of the crew
02:59and the loss of supplies,
03:00the ship needs to be reassembled.
03:02The bad weather is getting worse.
03:05In the PCG's monitoring,
03:07not only Teresa Magbano left,
03:09but also the ships of the China Coast Guard
03:11and Chinese Navy.
03:1211 maritime militia vessels
03:14were left behind in Skoda Shoal.
03:16No, it's not a defeat.
03:18As I said,
03:19related to my response a while ago,
03:21it's not also the Coast Guard
03:23abandoning our post in Skoda Shoal.
03:25We are just repositioning our own vessels.
03:28BRP Teresa Magbano also said
03:30that there is no agreement between China and the Philippines
03:33on the last bilateral consultation mechanism
03:35at the other side of China's gate
03:37that the Philippine ship needs to leave.
03:40Our fellow countrymen thought
03:42that we gave up.
03:44In fact, no.
03:46We insisted during the meeting in Beijing.
03:50But our DFA stated that
03:54our presence will be maintained in the show.
03:57For GMA Integrated News,
03:59Joseph Morong,
04:00your witness.
04:11Kapuso,
04:12let's be witnesses together.
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