DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said not even China can stop the Philippines from conducting resupply missions to the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, after Chinese Coast Guard...
DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said not even China can stop the Philippines from conducting resupply missions to the Ayungin Shoal, after Chinese Coast Guard allegedly blocked the entrance to the low-tide elevation in the West Philippine Sea.A World War 2 vintage naval ship has been grounded on the shoal to which a group of Filipino soldiers are stationed until now.'Hindi mo kami mapipigilan magresupply sa mga tao namin doon. Nandyan na kami ng matagal na .
The Department of Foreign Affairs had filed a diplomatic protest to the Chinese Embassy in Manila over the 'interference' of China to the 'legitimate' activities of the Philippine government.According to the DFA, the CCG has installed buoys as well as a fish net, that prevented the Philippine Coast Guard vessels from entering the shoal.The coast guard had been providing provisions to the Filipino soldiers at the BRP Sierra Madre.
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