BRING back the U.S. Air Base!!!

[f3a_champ]

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OK unta but not gonna happen.....

[inxss4]

sukad nga daghan na nations nga ni favor sa ato, murag hinay hinay na lagi ug tik-om ang china. Tagam.

Pero ga cge lang ghapon silag oil exploration.....

[inxss4]

Ahaka ani lagi.....Naa lang gihapon ning lumad nga Intsik sa China.......

[inxss4]

OK ra ng mga Intsik sa Pilipinas kay mga bot-an man....Naka adopt na sa batasan sa mga Pilipino.....

[inxss4]

OK unta but not gonna happen.....

Nothing is impossible bro.......

[machinecult]

Kasagaran mga Insik na naa diri mga capitalista man na ni sibat didto sa ila. Mga Taiwanese pud.

[DEMONOCIETY]

Kasagaran mga Insik na naa diri mga capitalista man na ni sibat didto sa ila. Mga Taiwanese pud.

nanago lagi sa pinas unya girenounce ilang pagka pikot citizen ky wa cla kauyon sa ilang ruler sauna nga labaw pang kurakot

ang uban ron ani nila ky namalit ug apelyedo na pinoy maong d ilhan na intsik

daghan ani nila puro exile nga naa diha dugay namuyo sa pinas

[inxss4]

Kasagaran mga Insik na naa diri mga capitalista man na ni sibat didto sa ila. Mga Taiwanese pud.

your right bro......................

[inxss4]

nanago lagi sa pinas unya girenounce ilang pagka pikot citizen ky wa cla kauyon sa ilang ruler sauna nga labaw pang kurakot

ang uban ron ani nila ky namalit ug apelyedo na pinoy maong d ilhan na intsik

daghan ani nila puro exile nga naa diha dugay namuyo sa pinas

you are right again bro........

[inxss4]

Ex-rebel soldier leads voyage to Scarborough Shoal

By Tessa Jamandre, Vera Files
Posted at 05/17/2012 6:08 PM | Updated as of 05/17/2012 6:08 PM
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MANILA, Philippines - A year since he swore allegiance to the flag after being granted amnesty for joining the Oakwood mutiny in 2003, former Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon is back.

On Friday, he will lead an armada of fishermen to make a stand in Scarborough Shoal where a tense standoff between Chinese maritime ships and the Philippine Coast Guard continues.

Faeldon and former Annapolis cadet Manny Albuera will set sail for Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal, as the Philippines calls the shoal, along with fishermen from his hometown in Batanes to symbolically protest China’s claim over the shoal.

They also called on fishermen from Masinloc town in Zambales to join them to show China that the Filipinos are not afraid, especially “when we know it (the shoal) is ours.” Panatag Shoal is 124 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales.

Faeldon’s voyage initially will bring fishermen as close to Panatag Shoal as possible to exercise their right to fish, but the duration of their stay will depend on the situation on the ground, Kit Guerrero, spokesman for Faeldon, said.

He said Faeldon is also considering raising the Philippine flag on the shoal.

Patriotic stand

The former rebel soldier’s initiative came as Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario called on Filipinos to unite and make a patriotic stand to defend
what belongs to the Philippines—even if it would entail sacrifice.

“We need to stand up even as we look for ways to solve the disputes peacefully… We need to take a position of patriotism that what is ours is ours,” Del Rosario said at the joint membership meeting of the Makati Business Club and Management Association of the Philippines Wednesday.

He added, “It’s possible that we may be tested. If we are tested, it’s possible that everyone will need to make a sacrifice.”

Of Faeldon’s voyage, Del Rosario later told VERA Files in an interview, “We may not have warships that can match China’s naval power, but we want to show a nation of Filipino people fighting for what is ours.”

As an offshoot of the standoff, China imposed a fishing ban that took effect midnight of May 16. It covers areas north of longitude 12 degrees in the South China Sea, Scarborough Shoal included.

The fishing ban is not new, but Philippine authorities said it is the first time Scarborough Shoal, or Huangyan island to the Chinese, was specified in the coverage.

Last year’s fishing ban covered areas in latitude 12 degrees north and westward from longitude 113 degrees east, no clear boundaries to the extent in the west and north.

Help for fishermen

Following China’s travel advisory that led to the cancellation of tours of Chinese tourists to the Philippines, intensified restriction on fruit exports from the Philippines and the fishing ban in Scarborough Shoal, Del Rosario said President Benigno Aquino III is already thinking of ways to help those who may be disadvantaged by the standoff.

“He is already thinking of the possibility of what kind of help to extend to those fishermen who had the freedom of fishing in the exclusive economic zone near the Bajo de Masinloc and who are now threatened by the circumstance,” he said.

On April 10, the Philippine Navy’s BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF15) while on patrol found 8 Chinese fishing boats with sizable quantities of endangered marine species, corals, live sharks and giant clams.

While the Department of Foreign Affairs said there was a clear violation of Philippine sovereignty, the Navy did not arrest the Chinese fishermen or seize their cargo. China subsequently sent maritime surveillance ships to the area that prevented the arrest of the Chinese fishermen, which resulted in the standoff.

The two countries have since exchanged diplomatic protests, and are still consulting on possible ways to resolve the impasse.

As of Wednesday, there are 10 Chinese fishing boats against one Filipino fishing vessel, and three Chinese government ships against the two Philippine Coast Guard vessels in Scarborough Shoal.

The Philippines claims sovereign rights over the shoal that is well within its Exclusive Economic Zone as provided for by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Scarborough or Panatag Shoal is referred to as Bajo De Masinloc in the archipelagic baselines law where like the Kalayaan Island Group in the disputed Spratlys chain in the South China Sea is not enclosed in the straight baselines but rather treated as regime of islands of the Philippines.
China and the Philippines also have competing claims over the Spratlys chain of islands in the South China Sea along with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

(VERA Files is put out by veteran journalists taking a deeper look at current issues. VERA is Latin for true.)