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| Santi Kampilan | Mar 30 2014, 10:20 PM Post #151 |
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I think that's what made those China Coast Guard ships back off and not even use their squirt guns. Our Uncle Sam was watching. With all the media people aboard the PH ship and up in the sky plus the Poseidon loitering around, this was a planned endeavor and just caught the CCG flat footed this time for the whole world to see their bullying. First pics of the CCG brand new ships in action (they're huge, fast and nimble). Well done PH! God speed to the Marines who will be on duty for the next few months.
Edited by Santi Kampilan, Mar 30 2014, 10:29 PM.
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| Mckoyzzz | Mar 31 2014, 04:01 AM Post #152 |
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Ayungin Shoal standoff: At sunset, I’ll jump into the water to enjoy what’s ours By Nikko Dizon Philippine Daily Inquirer 2:35 am | Sunday, March 30th, 2014 Blockade evaded ![]() The Chinese ships cannot follow to the shallow part because their ships are too big. The BFAR boat is 31 meters long; the Chinese ships are thrice as big. By 2:13 p.m., when we manage to put some distance from the Chinese. The Navy personnel hoists a tiny Philippine flag on the mast of the ship. We all start cheering. But when the Chinese ships were blocking our path, I was almost close to tears. It felt like a David versus Goliath moment. Still, while all this was happening, we could see several planes flying above us, nationality undetermined. We had a feeling our friends were watching over us. Inquirer |
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| Mckoyzzz | Mar 31 2014, 04:24 AM Post #153 |
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Photos of the Ayungin Shoal Blocking Incident/Standoff (by Jay Directo)![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Ayoshi | Mar 31 2014, 12:56 PM Post #154 |
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| saver111 | Mar 31 2014, 03:01 PM Post #155 |
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![]() A Philippine national flag flutters in the wind aboard the BRP Sierra Madre on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea on March 29, 2014. According to local media, two Chinese Coast Guard vessels on Saturday tried to block a Philippine government civilian ship from bringing troops and supplies to the military detachment. BRP Sierra Madre has been aground on the disputed shoal, which is known as the Ren'ai reef in China and the Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines, since 1999. REUTERS/Erik De Castro |
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Justice for Daniel Lorenz Jacinto HELP END PIRACY NOW!: http://www.itfseafarers.org/petition.cfm | |
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| saver111 | Mar 31 2014, 03:50 PM Post #156 |
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![]() The Chinese crew instructed the Filipinos to turn away ![]() Philippine crew members flashed peace signs at the Chinese vessel ![]() The Philippine boat slipped past the Chinese and reached their troops on a rusty beached vessel ![]() These Philippine marines have been stationed aboard the BRP Sierra Madre for the last five months China-Philippines navy spat captured on camera |
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Justice for Daniel Lorenz Jacinto HELP END PIRACY NOW!: http://www.itfseafarers.org/petition.cfm | |
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| saver111 | Mar 31 2014, 05:54 PM Post #157 |
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![]() Philippine Marines who were deployed for almost five months aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a military detachment on Ayungin Shoal, get Bronze Cross medals from Western Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Deveraturda at a naval forces camp in Palawan on Monday. Photo by Erik De Castro, Reuters Marines guarding Ayungin get military award ![]() Marine Lt. Mike Pelotera holds his Bronze Cross Medal at the AFP Western Command headquarters in Palawan on Monday, March 31. Pelotera was one of the nine-man unit awarded with medals for their five-month mission manning the country's remote 'outpost' on Ayungin Shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands. Manila on March 30 filed a formal plea to the UN challenging Beijing's claim to the entire South China Sea, parts of which are being claimed by the Philippines. AFP/Jay Directo Edited by saver111, Mar 31 2014, 06:07 PM.
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Justice for Daniel Lorenz Jacinto HELP END PIRACY NOW!: http://www.itfseafarers.org/petition.cfm | |
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| Mckoyzzz | Apr 2 2014, 02:34 AM Post #158 |
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Video of PN aircraft's supply drop for the Marines in the BRP Sierra Madre last March 9, 2014... http://youtu.be/_csWE8vBKHI |
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| Ayoshi | Apr 2 2014, 12:51 PM Post #159 |
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Vintage ship: Fragile symbol of PH’s claim to Ayungin (mb.com.ph) April 2, 2014 ![]() The BRP Sierra Madre. This WWII ship has seen better days and it’s hard not to judge it by its present condition, but rusty as it is, it holds its ground to assert the country’s sovereignty over at Ayungin Shoal.(Photo from Reuters Erik De Castro) |
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| asianobserve | Apr 2 2014, 05:51 PM Post #160 |
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We should convert all our WHECs into Coast Guard ships so that we will not militarize our claim. After all these ships were originally Coast Guard vessel with the Americans. |
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With all the media people aboard the PH ship and up in the sky plus the Poseidon loitering around, this was a planned endeavor and just caught the CCG flat footed this time for the whole world to see their bullying. First pics of the CCG brand new ships in action (they're huge, fast and nimble). Well done PH! God speed to the Marines who will be on duty for the next few months.




















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