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(Agence France Presse) — Three Filipino fishermen are dead after their boat was “rammed” by a foreign commercial vessel in the South China Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The incident happened before dawn on Monday about 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Scarborough Shoal, off the Philippines’ main island of Luzon. The fishing vessel was moored to a floating device known as a payao, which is used to catch fish. “The mother […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte wants “appropriate sanctions” against the crewmen of the Chinese vessel that rammed a Filipino fishing boat and abandoned the Filipino fishermen in open sea. Duterte, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, made the remark during his bilateral meeting with China President Xi Jinping even after the owner of the Chinese vessel apologized for the June 9 incident. The apology was contained in a letter signed by Chen Shiqin, president of the Guangdong […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has accepted the apology of the owner of the Chinese vessel that rammed a Filipino boat in Recto Bank in June and abandoned the 22 Filipino crewmen in distress at sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Palace also “welcome(s) the owner’s humility to take responsibility and acknowledgment that compensation must be provided to cover the actual loss.” The apology was contained in a letter signed by Chen Shiqin, president of the […]
(Eagle News) – The crew of a Vietnamese fishing vessel that rescued 11 Filipino fishermen adrift at sea said that the Filipinos they rescued were “clinging to plastic barrels and pieces of wood from the shipwreck” when they found them at Recto Bank. The account, as reported by VN Express, a Vietnamese online newspaper, of the Vietnamese crew who rescued the Filipino fishermen matched the account of the Filipino victims left drifting at sea […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered the military to validate a report Filipino fishermen were harassed by Chinese vessels near Pag-Asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Lorenzana said that while there has been “no substantiated report” on the supposed incident reported by Kalayaan, Palawan Mayor Roberto del Mundo from the Western Command, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, “through the Naval Forces West under WESCOM, will nonetheless continuously validate and report […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has said it is already “taking pro-active measures” to address the problem of Filipino fishermen and Chinese Coast Guard as it noted that the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs have also been talking about the issue. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government has officially relayed the problem to the Chinese government to address this issue, and provide solutions, including possible sanctions […]
(Eagle News)~The Chinese Embassy on Tuesday, June 12, said a probe on the alleged harassment of Filipino fishermen by the Chinese Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea was already underway. “As to whether the situation mentioned by the media exists or not, the Chinese side is now conducting an investigation seriously,” Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jinhua said in a statement. According to Zhao, China’s policy “for the Philippine fishermen to fish in relevant waters out […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has no plan to send patrol ships to Scarborough Shoal, according to its spokesman. AFP Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said that the Armed Forces is still in a “monitoring” mode and will not send any of its ships to the area. The AFP also noted that Chinese authorities are not stopping Filipinos from fishing in the area. “The AFP welcomes the recent development […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Chinese coastguard ships are still patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea but are not stopping Filipinos from fishing there, a Philippine defence spokesman said Sunday. The information — from fishermen who have just returned from the shoal — came despite earlier Philippine government statements that the Chinese had left the outcrop they seized in 2012. A spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte had said Saturday there were no […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Five Filipino fishermen released after being held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years broke down as they were reunited with their families Friday, recounting beatings and abuse. The seafarers, among 26 hostages freed from the crew of Naham 3 seized south of the Seychelles in March 2012, alternated between tears and laughter as they embraced their loved ones on arrival back in Manila. “I am so […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang proudly reported that China has agreed to allow Filipino fishermen to enter Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. According to Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, this was due to the personal efforts of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who raised the issue after meeting with Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua last Friday. Abella, however, clarified that although China gave its permission, there is still no specific date on when this will actually […]
by Cecil Morella INFANTA, Philippines (AFP) — Jonathan Almandrez was chased away from the rich fishing grounds of a South China Sea lagoon by a Chinese patrol — something he hopes will stop happening if the Philippines wins an international legal case against Beijing. The incident at Scarborough Shoal, a necklace of reefs and rocks that Filipino fishermen say hosts some of the world’s most abundant marine life, is part of a long-running territorial row […]
