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Transcript
00:00The Department of Foreign Affairs re-enacted a diplomatic protest against China.
00:05It followed the declaration of China as a baseline or a sack of their territory,
00:09Baho de Masilok, even though it entered the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
00:14The Philippine Coast Guard, on the other hand,
00:16fell victim to the new harassment of the China Coast Guard
00:18by some Filipino miners in Escoda Shoal this October.
00:22First news is from Joseph Moro.
00:24The harassment of the China Coast Guard by some Filipino miners in Escoda Shoal this October
00:35has reached the Philippine Coast Guard.
00:37In Afi David, the miners, on the early day of October 9,
00:40were harassed by the China Coast Guard near their boat.
00:44The Chinese were allowed to get off the speedboat.
00:47The CCG was in a panic, so the Filipinos were afraid and changed their direction
00:51so that they won't waste the expense of sailing.
00:54They stayed near Iroquois Reef or Rosewood Reef from October 10.
00:58On October 17, they went to Escoda Shoal again,
01:02but on their way, they saw a gray-colored boat
01:05that was approaching them and had the number 629.
01:08The Filipinos approached them and the fishermen believed them,
01:10so they returned to Quezon, Palawan.
01:12Escoda Shoal falls within our own Exclusive Economic Zone.
01:17There's no reason for the Chinese Coast Guard to claim that the Filipino fishermen
01:23have no right to enter here.
01:25Even though the PCG is not China, it has control of the area.
01:28The PCG did not abandon Escoda Shoal after the pullout.
01:33BRP Teresa banned it last September.
01:35The entire West Philippine Sea is a very vast waters.
01:39There is a possibility that our Coast Guard vessel is in the middle of a trap,
01:46or in a trap, or in a trap.
01:48According to Defense Secretary Gilberto Jodoro Jr.,
01:51who is in Australia to assist Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles,
01:55the Philippines is a direct victim of China's aggressive moves.
01:59What we see is an increasing demand by Beijing for us to concede our sovereign rights in the area.
02:07We are direct victims of Chinese aggression in this and in a concentrated area thus far in the West Philippine Sea.
02:18According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry,
02:20whenever there is a maritime dispute between the two countries,
02:23the Philippines is the one to intervene and intervene.
02:26In the monitoring of the Philippine Navy,
02:2815 China Coast Guard vessels and 14 Chinese Navy ships were spotted from October 1 to 31
02:34in some parts of the West Philippine Sea such as Bajo de Macinloc or Scarborough Shoal.
02:39At times, China has closed the baselines of their territorial seas around Bajo de Macinloc.
02:45As for the newly passed Philippine Maritime Zones Act,
02:48which regulates what is allowed in our territory and exclusive economic zone,
02:52the National Maritime Council has closed the baselines that are being sent to China without a visa or legal basis.
02:59The baselines will also be closed if the illegal occupation of China in Bajo de Macinloc continues from 2012.
03:06The Department of Foreign Affairs has already initiated diplomatic protests against the baselines of China.
03:11The number of protests against China by the Philippines under the current administration has reached 189.
03:18China's gate is the regulation of the Maritime Zones Act that will only raise tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
03:25This is the first news.
03:26Joseph Morong for GMA Integrated News.

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