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The Philippine government on Sunday accused Chinese vessels of ramming and using water cannons against a Philippine fisheries vessel near the disputed Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea. According to a statement from Manila's South China Sea task force, the China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels executed perilous maneuvers, resulting in a collision that caused the Philippine ship's engine to fail.
BY VICTOR REYES and JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR
A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) vessel that spent five months anchored at the disputed Escoda Shoal in the South China Sea has left the area, Philippine officials said Sunday.
The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is not giving up Escoda Shoal.
MANILA: The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China.Manila had deployed the coast guard flagship BRP Teresa Magbanua to Sabina Shoal in April to stop Beijing from building an artificial island there, as it has atop several other disputed features in the strategic waterway.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 1:46 p.m.) — The flagship of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), BRP Teresa Magbanua, has left the Sabina Shoal, the National Maritime Council confirmed on Sunday, September 15.
BEIJING, China — China said on Sunday, September 15, that it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the contested Sabina Shoal after a Philippine ship that had been anchored there for months left the area.