Jay L Batongbacal
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The Philippines' Department of Education issued a K-12 module that included an assignment for students to interview someone "who experienced the Spanish Era." Since that historical era ended in 1898, they should have also provided this as equipment:
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Unconfirmed video of dangerous and hostile action yesterday by China Coast Guard against small, unarmed PH vessel manned by the PH Navy on its way to resupply its Ayungin (2nd Thomas) Shoal outpost. CN again violates the principle of self-restraint under the 2002 DOC.
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China's multiple violations of international law.
The full details of the June 17 incident on Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal now brought to light warrant a sanguine examination and reconsideration of the PRC's actions. 1/16
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Some things are clear:
(1) China does not act with self-restraint. PH has always been the one doing so, which has always abused.
(2) PH is not the one using force, and even takes precautions to avoid it as much as possible. CN uses force, savagely, as its regular recourse. 1/2
LOOK: The Armed Forces of the Philippines releases these photos showing the Chinese Coast Guard "brandishing an assortment of bladed and pointed weapons" as they threatened to injure AFP troops during a resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal last June 17.
In one of the photos, a CCG
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Indeed, it may seem absurd, but Vietnam knows how China operates: get people to accept that maps of countries can have dashed lines at sea, that dashed lines at sea have meaning, that dashed lines at sea have always been there. Once accepted and unquestioned, fill it in.
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I agree, this film should be BANNED.
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Beware the Momo Challenge - ugly person encouraging viewers to do bad things.
We get it often on the news from Malacañang.
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He should be declared persona non grata
Palace should recall Chinese Ambassador for ‘disgraceful statements’ – Hontiveros
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Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal is a submerged reef more than 1,138 km from China. The spurious and excessive nature of China's claim to continuous sovereignty and jurisdiction "since ancient times" is about as realistic as a Wuxia movie.
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I mean seriously, why would anyone want to give so much unauditable and practically untraceable funds to someone whose only job is to wait for the President to die, be permanently disabled, resign, or be removed from office?
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Want a divorce? Speak to Faeldon. He can release anything.
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That "pointless" and "thoughtless" piece of "toilet paper" is the reason why you are the President.
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China is crossing the line and will not stop until it forces PH out of Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal. If it succeeds here, it will then move on to the next target, and the next, until PH is completely expelled from its own EEZ. Then it will move against the other countries.
China Coast Guard blocked and used water cannon Philippine vessels on a resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday (Aug. 5). The PH military and coast guard issued brief statements condemning the incident
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A few days ago, China released several soc-med cards online (below) to justify its increasingly aggressive behavior against the Philippines. This one is a case of abusive ad hominem and self-projection. A first 🧵 of two. 1/24
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There is no "maybe" here; PH fishing vessel was anchored in open waters, much room for other vessel to avoid hitting it. This was deliberate and intentional ramming. Failure to render assistance proves intention to deliberately cause harm.
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Why do you want Filipinos to sacrifice their rights & resources for the sake of China's military security interests?
Traitors.
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It's so easy to be an armchair soldier and be brave behind a smartphone, and claim how one would act differently without knowledge of the actual situation faced by troops on the ground. It's easy to accuse soldiers of cowardice and surrender when one sits in the comfort ... 1/4
Photos of the boarding of a Philippine supply boat on June 17, provided by the China Coast Guard.
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The Philippines is the only place I know whose own people argue that they have less rights, entitlements to territories, or jurisdictions than they should, and defend strongly the acts of other States to take advantage of them.
#kamingmgatakutinatbayarin
#huwagkangtatangatanga
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This level of pettiness only shows the ignorance of GT and the reality that China was NEVER a maritime nation. Think of how a small banca can travel over 100 nautical miles to fish and live with the sea, and you see who is a true maritime nation.
#Exclusive
: Facts speak louder! Watch how Philippine fishermen engaged in uncivilized behaviors -- spitting, urinating, dumping garbage on and around China’s Huangyan Dao, which caused pollution to the marine environment in the
#SouthChinaSea
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@GordianKnotRay
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Beijing never honored its word that Mischief Reef was only a fishermen’s shelter and will remain for civilian purposes open to joint use in the future, officially promised by Wang Yi on 22-23 March 1999.
Beijing: Manila never honored its word to remove grounded warship in South China Sea
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Two expeditions by a multi-university group with gov't funding, multiple hydrographic surveys by govt 1999-2012 to support the claim, AND YOU STILL THINK PH CAN'T DO IT???
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I think it’s time to call it quits on the ASEAN-CN COC negotiations. There is no point in talking about COC mechanisms under conditions of threats, duress, and utter lack of self-restraint. Continuing talks only make ASEAN look useless. Time to walk away!
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Naglipana na naman ang mga instant experts.
Just because you can read does not necessarily mean you're intelligent.
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Expulsion of a few diplomats/consular officials is in order.
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With respect: people ranting against US recon plane flying around 10+ large CN coast guard/militia ships swarming 4 small PCG/PN ships to stop resupply of 8-man outpost to monitor PH EEZ is like someone seeing a crime being committed then complaining there is a witness.
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This directly contradicts each and every official statement and diplomatic protest issued by DFA, every statement of NTF-WPS, and every action of AFP and PCG, about this matter since March.
@teddyboylocsin
NOT A PART OF EEZ
“Kasi alam mo hindi po yan kabahagi ng ating EEZ, yung Julian Felipe. Labas po yan, ganyan po kalayo yan,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said.
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If China wants to talk about broken promises, how about its promise that Mischief Reef "will remain for civilian purposes" and they will discuss Philippine access and joint use of the facilities, made in the Joint Statement 23 March 1999?
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I think it's becoming very clear that the reason why the so-called drug war is failing is because PDEA is making sure it fails.
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If reports are true the P50M kaldero is already unusable, that makes it the biggest and most expensive luces-pailaw in history!
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Bakit ba kailangan ng director sa SONA? Yung star di sumusunod sa script, mga co-stars walang linya, 'tas sobra-sobra extra.
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And there are over 8,100 Kentucky Fried Chicken branches in China. By that logic, Colonel Sanders owns you.
Baidu Maps show that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei. Palates don't cheat.
#Taiwan
has always been a part of China. The long lost child will eventually return home.
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This is just so WRONG on several levels. When will someone stop Panelo from speaking out of turn on matters of foreign policy? /1
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In China's own words: how it occupied Mischief Reef w/ a few small huts in 1995, then upgraded it to a large building with helipads, guns in 1999. This is why the Philippines placed BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal to stand watch in 1999.
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Habitat destruction is part of CN ecocide strategy to deprive neighboring countries’ fishermen of any reason to go to the SCS. The multi-million yuan black market industry that profits from this destruction based in Tanmen, Hainan is very well-known.
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD CONFIRMS EXTENSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN AREAS FREQUENTED BY CHINESE MARITIME MILITIA
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) fully supports and confirms the report released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command (WESCOM), exposing
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It's not only because China takes our giant clams; it's because China completely destroys the entire ecosystem to do so. With the China Coast Guard keeping watch! >:-(
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Now that’s a real maritime protest!
Remember Mang Arnel, the Filipino fisherman who bravely took on 2 fast boats from the China Coast Guard but was chased away?
He circled the huge CCG 3105 ship in an apparent show of protest right after the chase, his mother boat joining in and sailed close to the foreign vessel.
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How about the media just ask directly, addressed to Chinese Embassy or China MOFA: Is it true that Pres. Xi threatens war against the Philippines if it asserts its EEZ rights?
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Protestors at annual CSIS Conference: “US troops out of the Philippines! West Philippine Sea, atin ito!” Normally, I respect one’s right to protest for a cause. But upon hearing these people, they obviously didn’t have a real cause; they were either paid or stupid.
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Another reason why the barrier is placed is to prevent Filipino fishermen from witnessing the destruction caused by Chinese clam diggers as they harvest giant clams and other endangered species under the protection of the China Coast Guard.
Philippine Coast Guard shared a video showing an installed floating barrier in the southeastern area of Bajo de Masinloc Shoal.
Agency said this barrier was installed by the China Coast Guard. It prevents Filipino fishing boats from accessing the shoal & engaging in fishing
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"Tapang at malasakit"? Baka naman "Duwag at kataksilan"...
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So the threats are official now. The United Front Works people didn’t do a good enough job.
China to PH: Oppose Taiwan independence if you care for 150k OFWs via
@gmanews
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At the 1:47 mark:
Q. "Hindi ba kayo natatakot [Aren't you scared] ?"
A. "Hindi ako natatakot. Tinatawanan ko lang sila. Inaasar ko lang sila, he-heh. [I'm not scared, I just laugh at them. I am just annoying them, he-heh.]"
Q. "Salamat, 'tay [Thank you, pops] ! "
A fisherman took advantage of a stand-off between BFAR’s BRP Datu Bankaw and China Coast Guard ship 3105 near the entrance of Scarborough Shoal and attempted to enter the shoal. He was promptly intercepted and chased away by China Coast Guard ribs. Report later on
@24OrasGMA
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The Philippines' submission for an extended continental shelf in the West Palawan Region. Executive Summary now posted on the website of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, at . 1/7
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Duterte openly seeks China’s support and intervention to overthrow Marcos and sponsor his return to power in bonkers interview with Global Times.
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Hotlines with CN are not for communication, it’s to make the other side more uncertain about escalation, to allow one’s own fears get them to back down. As far CN is concerned, the one who calls is the one who’s weak. Not answering shows who’s strong.
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Modern ESL tongue-twister exercise for better English pronunciation in Southeast Asian maritime States.
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Presenting: ang pinakabagong station ng bayan, The Faeldon Channel! Napakaraming palabas!
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As I said back in 2022, China’s illegal, coercive, aggressive, deceptive behavior (formerly ‘gray’) activities to assert its illegal 9-dash lines will move from the sea and up into the air.
WATCH: Chinese aircraft drops flares into the path of a PH Air Force plane conducting a routine maritime patrol over Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea last Aug. 8. Video shared to the Inquirer by a source.
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The PH home court strategy 1: Wear out and stress out all other teams before they compete in the games.
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CCG should change its name from China Coast Guard to Colliding Coast Guard. It's not a maritime safety agency, its a maritime collision agency, together with its auxiliary, the Colliding Maritime Militia.
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China’s claims of “preventing construction materials” and “allowing humanitarian supplies” are a mere cover for its real objective: strangle access to BRP Sierra Madre to kick the PH out of its own EEZ.
LOOK: Chinese personnel seized food supplies meant for Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops stationed onboard BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal during an airdrop resupply mission on May 19.
📸: Courtesy of AFP
RELATED:
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Sabi ni Sec Papelo, "move on" na raw tayo sa EEZ issue.
Siguro, para maka-"move in" na ang China.
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What legal right does CCG have to directly intervene and “give” or not give access to a PH vessel in a PH govt operation in the PH’s own EEZ, 100NM from Palawan and more than 610NM from China’s coast?
As far as we know, CCG gave access to the the first Philippines supply boat with food, water, medicine and other equipment as usual, and prevented the second military-escorted supply boat carrying building materials .
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Misquoted? It’s accurately reflected in the transcript. Out of context? If anything, what the transcript shows is that it was unnecessary, and cannot be taken as anything other than an unwarranted direction coupled with a threat of consequences.
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The Criminal Collision Group of China.
All nations should disavow any cooperation arrangements with this maritime danger agency.
WATCH: the moment a China Coastguard vessel rams a Philippine Navy vessel injuring a soldier in Ayungin Shoal, June 17 in what the gov’t now calls a deliberate act by China to stop a resupply mission (from a previous statement from the Executive Secretary as a “misunderstanding”
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Maritime law expert urges Chinese ambassador’s expulsion amid WPS incidents | GMA News Online
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Behind all the shiny technology and lofty pretensions, little more than savages in armor. All nations should cut off cooperation with this Criminal Chinese Group roving the Philippines’ seas.
THREAD | In a brazen act of aggression, the CCG obstructed the AFP's critical humanitarian rotation and resupply operations at BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, employing physical attacks, bladed weapons, blaring sirens, and blinding strobe lights.
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Here we see CCG very professionally targetting and destroying a PH gov’t vessel’s equipment needed for its safe operation and navigation. Professional like a mafia hit man.
WATCH: Video shows exact moment a China Coast Guard collided with Philippine vessel BRP Datu Bangkaw near Scarborough Shoal, Tuesday, April 30.
@News5PH
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This is how the Philippines surrenders and renounces its victory in the Philippines v. China arbitration.
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3. CN’s claims of ‘professional’ conduct by the CCG clearly refer to the criminal kind of profession.
4. CN’s is itching to carry out armed conflict against a smaller neighbor, and its official acts of aggression belie its oft-claimed good intentions for the region.
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ADD: Even these pics evidence a simple fact: Filipinos were not the aggressors here. The small crew, weapons stowed, the ship shielded to protect from water cannon, all show that the Filipinos were in defensive posture only. These only showcase China's aggression & brutality.
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Barbie will still be shown in PH. The 9-dash line is not on that map. In fact, half of Asia is not on that map.
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Out of context? You are telling Filipinos you will use force, and then telling us what to do, “if you really care genuinely about 150,000 OFWs”.
Following backlash, the Chinese Embassy in Manila now claims Ambassador Huang Xilian was “misquoted or misinterpreted.”
The embassy also provided a transcript of the speech
@PhilstarNews
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Question for China: if, as you say, the PH only sends these missions to the WPS with journalists only to "hype" up the disputes, why the f*** do you oblige by engaging in these water cannon and other attacks?
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Important thread on the implications of yesterday's incident where a chartered civilian vessel was pursued by CCG and PLAN ships at sea between the Spratlys and Palawan, PH:
THREAD: following reports of PLA Navy Type-022 Houbei catamaran missile fast attack craft harassing a motorboat chartered by ABS-CBN journalists in the Spratlys, Beijing's pretense about just using "white hulls" to promote SCS peace and stability is well over. Context is impt.
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Halatang-halata kung sino'ng takot na hindi na makapunta sa US.
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China indirectly seeking solidarity with the extreme Left in the Philippines, whose anti-US sentiments take precedence over the escalating and naked coercion carried out against the Philippines by their original inspiration and State sponsor.
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The Emperor is not pleased.
China has no right to dictate how Southeast Asian claimants deal with each other concerning their disputes. China is not part of the PH initiative, which is clearly proposed only between PH, MY, VN.
So bugger off!
Formulating a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea is an important task for China and ASEAN countries as we implement the Declaration on Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). Any deviation from the DOC framework and principles will be null and void.
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Caught in the act, red handed: China Coast Guard complicity in illegal extraction of giant clams (an CITES-listed species) that utterly destroys coral reef ecosystems. They should change their name to China Crime Guard.
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P55M na nga, hindi pa rin nasindihan?
Soli bayad!!!
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A must-read. How China's massive and often illegal fishing is destroying the world's seas and fisheries, oppresses its own people and that of others, to feed its ravenous appetite for power and money.
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This civilian ship's captain had more balls than someone and some gov't agency I know. Just more proof of Beijing's intentions and plans for the West PH Sea, and the entire SCS.
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese ‘naval warship’ harasses Filipino-crewed ship near Scarborough Shoal.
@JCGotinga
reports
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And here we have China about to admit that its officials not only committed subversion, but also a direct violation of the Anti-Wiretapping Law which punishes the recording of telephone conversations without consent.
via
@rapplerdotcom
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Because only the Philippines had a Duterte.
THREAD > Every claimant except Philippines is moving forward with oil and gas projects in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Vietnam, despite years of CCG harassment, is seeing new work from Zarubezhneft, Harbour, Idemitsu, and potentially Exxon.
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Hello? OFWs don't suddenly appear by the thousands and set up shop near China's military facilities. Duh!
BREAKING: “That’s the most preposterous statement I heard in a long while.” — PH Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana fires back at Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua who said OFWs in China are as likely to be spies as the Chinese workers now pouring in to work in POGOs
@ABSCBNNews
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It's true, mga ka-DDS ng MM! Walang transportation crisis hangga't kaya ninyo pang maglakad!
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CN is undertaking acts knowingly against another State’s vessels to unlawfully force PH to act against its will. That should already qualify as a threat, even if not the use, of force against another State, in violation of the UN Charter, lack of armed attack notwithstanding.
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Colliding/China Coast Guard should be expelled from all international maritime safety offices, conferences, discussions, and all cooperation with CCG should be reviewed and halted until they follow COLREGS.
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Duan Dang makes the case that collision incidents this morning were planned & premeditated. True, nothing happens at sea without orders from the top. Imperial China trying to intimidate the PH gov't in the same way they intimidated PH fishermen by sinking the F/B Gem-Ver in 2019.
THREAD: Regarding the collision between the China Coast Guard vessel and the Philippine supply ship near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, let's review the timelines to understand China's intentions in this serious incident. 1/n
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Sec Panelo accuses me of "ignoring the dynamics of the issues on the ground," and raises the spectre of reprisals against the PH seafaring industry over the Green Aura Incident. A rejoinder is in order: again, he misses the point.
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PH is not (a) sending hundreds of ships into CN EEZ/CS to keep them from fishing or exploring for oil, (b) sailing more than 1,130km to stake an imaginary sovereignty claim over a submerged reef near CN coast, (c) sending more & more ships to aggressively endanger unarmed ships.
The DND was reacting to China’s defense ministry, who said in a statement on Thursday, March 28, that Manila’s “harassment and provocations [were] the immediate cause of the recent escalation of the South China Sea issue.”
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Interesting how CN Sr. Col. Zhou Bo totally embodies the ancient Middle Kingdom mentality, which regarded all non-Chinese peoples to be “barbarians.”
Chinese Senior Colonel Zhou Bo asked PCG Commodore
@jaytaryela
: You portrayed China as the devil, PH as an angel. In 2013, you killed a Chinese fisherman. Why were you so barbaric? You were barbaric to an innocent Chinese fisherman.
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The CCG (China Coercion Gang) once again visibly demonstrates China’s lack of sincerity in claiming to be a stabilizing and peaceful regional power, this time interfering with a medical evacuation with masked thugs on boats.
On May 19, 2024, in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan decisively deployed the High Speed Response Boat (HSRB) from Buliluyan Port to rendezvous with the Philippine Navy Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
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There was a chance of success, and a chance of failure. Unfortunately, they were overwhelmed.
Do not disgrace the honor of these men, when you can't even face what they face alone and isolated at sea. Not when you sit in comfortable air conditioned room ... 3/4
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Clear proof that China will apply the CCG Law anywhere they want. Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal is a low-tide elevation that's part of the PH EEZ/continental shelf. There is no island/high-tide elevation anywhere near it.
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Retweeting from last year. The destruction continues. All while China and Philippines talk about benefits of cooperation and sharing.
Scarborough Shoal's scars highlighted in red. Using GoogleEarth, one can measure about 552 hectares of the back (inner) reef of Scarborough Shoal destroyed by clam diggers since 2012.
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Whodafuq is manning MMDA's Twitter account? "Volume of traffic lang po" lagi sagot sa nagtatanong bakit ma-traffic... BAKIT NGA BA SOBRA VOLUME OF TRAFFIC??!!? KASI KAYO!!!! @%#!&#*!!
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Once again, the CCG (China Collision Group) demonstrates its prowess in accomplishing it's main mission as a premiere maritime danger agency, threatening and endangering smaller craft and nations to force their submission.
Read out statement of ADG Jonathan Malaya:
Statement of the NTFWPS
China Coast Guard Vessels Collide with Philippine Coast Guard Vessels Due to Dangerous and Illegal Maneuvers
This morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410) and BRP Cape Engaño
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