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The Kalayaan, Panatag & other disputed islands; Future conflict zones?
Topic Started: Feb 2 2005, 08:00 PM (155,958 Views)
Ayoshi
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Yuzheng 310

The 2,580-ton vessel, with a highest speed of 22 nautical miles (40.7 kilometers) per hour and a cruising radius of 6,000 nautical miles, can carry 56 people aboard and sail 60 days nonstop.

Equipped with modern communication apparatus and a Z-9A helicopter.

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from my observation and picture above this ship of its class is also armed with weapons. I tried to search from the net what kind of armaments it carries. But unfortunately no results. We should be aware if this ship can cause danger to our PCG ship. Although we are already outnumbered 3 to 1.
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TonyStark2020
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Dapat naka istambay na sa malapit strategically ang PN Ships natin like the Jacinto or GDP, eto na mukhang papuputukan na tayo at paalisin....

Attention PH Govt.! Mag deploy kayo ng Civilian Maritime vessel na may kasamang International Media to cover and witness China's bullying, abusing their small neighbors territorial rights and sovereignty. :armyfrown:
I AM NOT PINOY, "I AM A FILIPINO" There is a BiG difference!
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China have just proved to the world that they have no legal basis to own the Scarborough Shoal as they ignored the Philippines' request to settle this to international tribunal!

Small victory for the philippines!

Philippines ignores China demand to quit shoal
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Philippines ignores China demand to quit shoal
But Palace says talks continuing to resolve dispute
By Christine O. Avendaño, Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Jerry E. Esplanada
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:15 am | Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang said talks between the Philippines and China were continuing. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Philippine officials on Wednesday ignored China’s demand to withdraw Filipino vessels from Panatag Shoal, declaring “that’s our territory” and warning Chinese vessels to back off.

The officials said a Philippine Coast Guard search and rescue vessel, BRP Edsa, along with an archaeological survey mission aboard the MY Sarangani and a fishing boat, remained in the area, facing off two Chinese maritime surveillance vessels and a fishing boat.

On Monday, China demanded that all Filipino vessels clear the area, which it calls Huangyan Island and which is known internationally as Scarborough Shoal, and sent an aircraft to buzz a Philippine fishing boat in the second such incident since Saturday.

“We’re also telling their ships to do the same,” Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang told reporters. “That’s our territory and we’re also saying the same thing to their ships.”

Carandang said talks between the Philippines and China were continuing. “Tensions have not degenerated,” he said, and the fact “that not a shot has been fired is already a sign that the situation is not deteriorating.”

Arbitration call ignored

China and the Philippines have agreed to settle the dispute diplomatically but have both insisted on their ownership of the shoal, prolonging an eight-day standoff on the high seas.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday asked China to bring the dispute to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea for arbitration. The Chinese embassy, however, ignored the proposal and asked the Philippines to withdraw its vessels from the shoal “and restore peace and stability there.”

The latest standoff between Manila and Beijing over disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) began on April 8 when a Philippine Navy plane spotted eight Chinese fishing boats in Panatag, a cluster of reefs and islands around a lagoon.

The Philippine Navy flagship, BRP Gregorio del Pilar, was dispatched to the area on April 10 and its officers boarded the fishing boats, but a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel intervened. The fishing boats slipped away last Friday night.

The dispute is one of a myriad of conflicting claims over islands, reefs and shoals in the South China Sea that pit China against the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.

Tension has risen in the past two years over worries China is becoming more assertive in its claims to the sea that straddles shipping lanes between East Asia and Europe and the Middle East.

Although claimant countries have pledged to settle the territorial rifts peacefully, the disputes have erupted in violence in the past, including in 1988 when China and Vietnam clashed in the Spratly Islands in a confrontation that killed 64 Vietnamese soldiers. Many fear the disputes could become Asia’s next flash point for armed conflict.

Vietnam held a maritime ceremony on Monday near the area where the incident occurred to remember the dead soldiers, state-controlled media reported.

Several rounds of talks have failed to end the impasse at Panatag, which is 872 km from Hainan province, China’s nearest territory to the shoal.

Ancient Chinese shipwreck

Chinese embassy spokesperson Zhang Hua has acknowledged that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, or Unclos, allows countries to claim an exclusive economic zone, but said the Philippines could not exercise sovereignty on areas within those waters that are owned by other countries.

An ancient Chinese shipwreck can be found off Panatag, but the Philippine research ship has no right to salvage it, Zhang said. “We urge the archaeological vessel to leave the area immediately,” Zhang said in a statement.

‘We will not leave’

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, in an interview with reporters, on Wednesday called on Filipinos to come together and let the world know that “we are being bullied” by China.

On Tuesday, Gazmin said, “We will fight for what is ours. We are in the area and we will not leave while we continue the talks” between the DFA and Chinese authorities.

Also on Wednesday, Bayan Muna Representatives Teodoro Casiño and Neri Colmenares filed a resolution condemning China and calling for an inquiry into the government’s failure to assert sovereignty over the shoal.

“We also do not want to go to war, but we must assert our sovereignty, through whatever means we can,” Casiño said. With reports from Cynthia D. Balana and Jerome Aning; Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer Visayas, and AP


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Mga militante,sumugod sa Chinese Embassy para iprotesta ang pagmamatigas ng China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2Vc4nkqCs
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"Men of War must learn the art of numbers or he will not know how to array his troops." - Plato

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China deploys gunboat

China has dispatched a powerful military vessel in the South China Sea after rejecting a Philippine proposal to submit the Panatag Shoal dispute, now on its 10th day, to international arbitration, Chinese media reported Thursday.
The English-language China Daily based in Beijing said China’s most advanced fishing patrol vessel, the Yuzheng 310, had been sent to protect Chinese fishermen in the region, which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea.
The newspaper, regarded as a guide to official Chinese policy, said that Beijing’s latest moves underscored its “determination to protect its maritime interests in response to Manila’s refusal to withdraw ships from Chinese waters.”
Yuzheng 310, described as the fastest fishery administration vessel, left Guangzhou on the Pearl River just outside Hong Kong Wednesday morning for an undisclosed place in the South China Sea, it said.
10 fishing boats
The newspaper said that earlier on Sunday, Yuzheng 44061 left Zhanjiang port in Guangdong province to patrol waters around the Spratlys (which Beijing calls the Nansha Islands), which are being claimed in whole or in part by the Philippines and China and four other countries.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 10 boats were still fishing in the general area of Panatag, according to a Voice of America report.
“Beijing’s decision to send more patrol ships is a necessary and justified step to show strength,” China Daily said, quoting analysts.
“The move also sends the message to Manila that Beijing does not make concessions after China has shown patience and sincerity to avert the situation from deteriorating,” the daily quoted an analyst at the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies.

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Official statement of DFA: The Philippine position on Bajo de Masinloc and the waters within its vicinity
April 20, 2012 4:41am
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/25555...in-its-vicinity

BACKGROUND ON THE BAJO DE MASINLOC (PANATAG) INCIDENT

Bajo de Masinloc is an integral part of the Philippine territory. It is part of the Municipality of Masinloc, Province of Zambales. It is located 124 nautical miles west of Zambales and is within the 200 nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Philippine Continental Shelf.

A Philippine Navy Surveillance aircraft monitored eight (8) Chinese fishing vessels anchored inside the Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag Shoal) on Sunday, 8 April 2012, in the conduct of its maritime patrols and its enforcement of the Philippine Fisheries Code and marine environment laws. On 10 April 2012, the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, in accordance with the established Rules of Engagement, dispatched an inspection team that reported that large amounts of illegally collected corals, giant clams and live sharks were found in the compartments of these fishing vessels.

The actions of the Chinese fishing vessels are a serious violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction. The poaching of endangered marine resources is in violation of the Fisheries Code and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).

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A.        The Rock Features of Bajo de Masinloc: Basis of Philippine Sovereignty under Public International Law

The rock features of Bajo de Masinloc are Philippine territories.

The basis of Philippine sovereignty and jurisdiction over the rock features of Bajo de Masinloc is not premised on the cession by Spain of the Philippine archipelago to the United States under the Treaty of Paris.  The matter that the rock features of Bajo de Masinloc are not included or within the limits of the Treaty of Paris as alleged by China is therefore immaterial and of no consequence.

Philippine sovereignty and jurisdiction over the rocks of Bajo de Masinloc is likewise not premised on proximity or the fact that the rocks are within its 200 NM EEZ or Continental Shelf (CS) under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).  Although the Philippines necessarily exercise sovereign rights over its EEZ and CS, nonetheless, the reason why the rock features of Bajo de Masinloc are Philippine territories is anchored on other principles of public international law.

As decided in a number of cases by international courts or tribunals, most notably the Palmas Island Case, a modality for acquiring territorial ownership over a piece of real estate is effective exercise of jurisdiction. Indeed, in that particular case, sovereignty over the Palmas Island was adjudged in favor of the Netherlands on the basis of “effective exercise of jurisdiction” although the said island may have been historically discovered by Spain and historically ceded to the US in the Treaty of Paris.

In the case of Bajo de Masinloc, the Philippines has exercised both effective occupation and effective jurisdiction over Bajo de Masinloc since its independence.
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Protest was held yesterday in front of China's consular bldg. in Makati ... :armycool:


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3 foreign ships seen in Scarborough

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/19/12...een-scarborough

MANILA, Philippines - Three unknown fishing vessels were seen at Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, a military official said.

The Armed Forces is still verifying if the ships belong to China.

"Their nationality is unknown," said Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) chief Lt. Gen. Anthony Alcantara.

"I have no specifics if they are inside or outside the lagoon. That's the summary of the report to me - that there are three vessels there. These are not Filipino vessels," he added.

He said a small vote with an outrigger was spotted outside the lagoon while another boat was inside.

"We saw them yesterday and it was reported (to me) just today. The issue is we saw them," Alcantara said.

He said Philippine troops did not board the foreign vessels. Alcantara did not explain the reason why.

Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Algier Ricafrente, meanwhile, kept mum on the 3 foreign ships.

He said the Coast Guard is forwarding all information it gathers to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

"If Nolcom is releasing that information, then let's ask Nolcom because there is a standing order to us that it is only the DFA that should be releasing official statements on this issue. The directive to us is to forward any incident report to the DFA for appropriate statement. If Nolcom is releasing something, then ask them but on the part of the Coast Guard we just forward reports to the DFA for release of appropriate information," Ricafrente said.

Two Chinese maritime surveillance vessels and the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Edsa Dos are still in the area.

The M/Y Sarangani, a Philippine archeological reaserch ship that was allegedly harassed by Chinese aircraft and ships, has left area."They left yesterday. Maybe because they've completed their research," Alcantara said.

"As far as |I know, there is no threat on them. They were taken cared of by our Coast Guard," he added.

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Can we formed a CAFGU Maritime Group to secure these Shoals, Lagoons and Islets inside our EEZ? It will be a Security Multiplier for the Coast Guard and Navy...

How about a Maritime Security Contractor guarding explorations & private research vessels?
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Let them shoot the phil coast guard, the international community is watching.

While the coast guard should get evidence like videos of the ongoing illegal fishing.
Modernization should prioritize:

Patrol Ships with air/sub/ship detection, fast & lightly armed for Navy.
Surface Attack Aircraft with anti ship/sub attack capability for Airforce.
SAM with Radars, Close AA battery capable of shooting ground targets too for Army.
This triangle defense will work together and protect us from external threats.
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