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BRP Sierra Madre/Ayungin Shoal; News | Discussions | Updates
Topic Started: May 19 2013, 02:22 AM (17,000 Views)
Mckoyzzz
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BRP Sierra Madre set to be repaired
By Francisco Tuyay | Mar. 23, 2014 at 12:01am


A SECURITY official on Saturday bared a plan to repair the grounded Philippine Navy ship “BRP Sierra Madre which ran aground the Ayungin Shoal in 1999.

The official, who asked not to be identified for lack of authority to speak on the matter, said the Sierra Madre (PS-57), a tank landing ship, needs immediate repair because it is already falling apart although it houses several Marines who serve as security at the shoal.

“There is no plan to put up any structures in Ayungin Shoal,” the official said. “What we are doing there is conducting repairs inside the ship to keep it from disintegrating.”

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“We will not leave because it’s ours,” the security official said even as he assured that troops deployed in Ayungin as well as those manning military outpost in the Kalayaan Island Group will continue to receive the needed provisions despite the presence of Chinese ships.

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they should replace it with the zamboanga del sur, lt86 :devilwink:
IDI@T!!! COWARD!!!
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@nikkodizon @ Ayungin Shoal: PH ship evaded Chinese ship as Lt Sr Grade Gato steered ship to shallow portion, big Chinese ship cldnt follow
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Juliet L. Javellana ‏@julietlabj 15h
@nikkodizon @ Ayungin Shoal: after evading Chinese ship harassing them, BFAR ship w/ supplies for PH soldiers now almost at BRP Sierra Madre
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Mula sa ulat ni GMA News reporter Ian Cruz
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Ayon kay GMA News reporter Ian Cruz, na nasa loob ng sibilyang barko, isa sa dalawang malaking barko ng Tsina na may hull number 3401 ang humarang sa barko nila.

Ang pangalawang barko ay may hull number 1127, dagdag niya.
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Sabi ni Cruz, dinemanda ng tripulante ng mga barko ng Tsina na umalis ang barko ng Pilipinas dahil nanghihimasok daw ito sa teritoryo ng China.

Dinagdag niya na may sakay na media correspondents ang barko ng Pilipinas.

source: gmanetwork.com

Standoff between Chinese ships, 1 PH fishing boat
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A journalist from Agence France-Presse, riding on a Philippine military plane flying above the area, saw the dramatic standoff between the Philippine soldiers aboard the civilian fishing vessel and Chinese coastguard ships.

Four Chinese vessels had encircled Second Thomas Shoal [Ayungin Shoal] as the Philippine vessel approached, according to the AFP reporter.

Two of the vessels, with "Chinese coastguard" written on the side of the boats, then chased the Philippine boat and tried to block it from reaching the shoal.

The vessels appeared to get within a few hundred meters of each other.

The Philippine ship finally slipped past the Chinese blockade to reach Second Thomas Shoal, where a handful of Filipino marines are stationed on a Navy vessel that has been grounded there since 1999 to assert their nation's sovereignty.

The Philippine military said the ship, a fishing vessel with soldiers on board, had completed its mission to deliver fresh supplies to the navy ship and rotate the troops.

source: interaksyon.com
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https://anc.yahoo.com/news/ayungin-bound-ph-navy-boat-initially-blocked-by-chinese-ship-072658143.html

PH vessel brings supplies to Ayungin despite being blocked by Chinese ships

UPDATE 4—8:45 p.m) Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels have blocked a Philippine civilian ship twice while it was en route to bring supplies and troops to the Ayungin Shoal, an area disputed by Manila and Beijing.

It was earlier reported that the ship belonged to the Philippine Navy.

At around one p.m. on Saturday afternoon, two “large white ships”—later identified as belonging to the Chinese Coast Guard—have blocked the front and rear of the civilian vessel which carried several media representatives, members of the Philippine Navy, and supplies, ABS-CBN News correspondent Chiara Zambrano told ANC in an interview three hours after the incident.

After the first of the two Chinese vessels moved to the rear of the civilian vessel, the second—which was the faster one—“pulled up and blocked the [vessel's] front path,” said Zambrano, who is one of the media representatives onboard the boat.
Edited by Mckoyzzz, Mar 30 2014, 02:33 PM.
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as per GMA correspondent Ian Cruz' account, a US NAVY plane was flying low during the blockade and just observing the standoff between the chinese and the PH ship..
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/198798/newstvlive/supply-boat-ng-phl-hinarang-ng-china-coast-guard-sa-ayungin-shoal
Edited by mondrine, Mar 30 2014, 11:18 AM.
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and take a closer look at that plane that flew above.. isn't it a US navy plane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLua972VFk
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Mar 30 2014, 05:03 PM
and take a closer look at that plane that flew above.. isn't it a US navy plane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLua972VFk
Yea, pretty clear it's one of those new P-8A Poseidons
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another option in re-supplying our sea outpost faster and probably less hassle from Chinese coastguard.
PH Navy or airforce should invest and buy more Seaplanes like the Dornier. The factory I believe is at Subic....

check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4THHTczGD9k

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