Philippine Coast Guard Shoot down Taiwanese Illegal Poachers

[flanker]

Ouch.. waves of sanctions.

Taiwan-Philippine bilateral trade volume reached US$10.9 billion in 2012. Taiwan was the Number 6th trading partner to the Philippines, while the Philippines was ranked the 12th important trading partner to Taiwan.

The aggregated investment value from Taiwan exceeded US$2 billion as of March, 2012. Taiwan is the 8th largest foreign investment in the Philippines, just after Japan, South Korea, USA, Singapore, Netherlands, U.K., and Mainland China.

Visitors from Taiwan traveling to the Philippines exceeded 210 ,000 in 2012, sharing 5.31% of the total foreign visitors, and made Taiwan become the 5th largest tourist source country to the Philippines in 2012.

Taiwan was the Philippines' 7th top destination country for Overseas Finipino Workers (OFWs) in 2012. The Filipino workers in Taiwan were the third largest workforce in 2012. Currently, there are more than 93,000 Filipino workers and migrants in Taiwan. The annual remittance from Filipino workers in Taiwan can be amounted to US$600 million.

Taiwan-Philippine Relation - Taiwan-Philippine Relation - Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines


Pinoy Pride mentality vs apologized sincerely.

[cobraKing]

may lng ug kamo ang mka sala bali wala ra ang pinas..unya ug masipyat gamay ang pinas dako kaau ug balos or unsa pa na dha..


mayra ra sad ug gisampolan ni sila..

[balipseyev]

Nilihok nasad ang US...

US sanctions Taiwan company

The US Treasury on Friday set sanctions on a Taiwan company and its chief executive for their ties to an effort to supply arms-related equipment to North Korea.

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury on Friday set sanctions on a Taiwan company and its chief executive for their ties to an effort to supply arms-related equipment to North Korea.

The Treasury named Trans Multi Mechanics Co. of Taichung, Taiwan, and CEO Tony Chang Wen-Fu for sanctions under laws aimed at freezing the assets of those designated "proliferators of weapons of mass destruction" and their supporters.

The action came days after US prosecutors unveiled charges against two other Taiwanese men, Alex Tsai Hsien-tai and his son, Tsai Yueh-hsun, for attempting to smuggle machinery that can be used to make rocket parts out of the United States to North Korea.

The Treasury said Chang and his firm had significant roles in that effort.

Chang, 48, "has been actively involved in the procurement of dual-use machinery for North Korea," the Treasury said in a statement.

"Alex Tsai has used Trans Multi Mechanics Co. Ltd. to procure and ship hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment to North Korea and to negotiate contracts on behalf of North Korean parties."

Alex Tsai was recently arrested in Estonia and his son in the United States, after being on the radar of US and Taiwanese officials for several years for allegedly shipping restricted materials to North Korea. The senior Tsai is facing a US extradition request.

The sanctions ban Americans and US institutions from doing any business with Chang or his company, and freeze their US assets as well.

"It is essential that we continue to make it as difficult as possible for North Korea to facilitate its nuclear and ballistic missile programs by exposing key cogs in North Korea's procurement network," said David Cohen, treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, in the statement.

US sanctions Taiwan company for N Korea dealings - Channel NewsAsia

[king1]

i salute the PCG personnels who took the risk.if we keep on bowing down to (PRC), Taiwan or any country, We are just giving them the GO signal that we allow that kind of attitude towards our EEZ.

[wak_wak]

media exposure ra ni sa Taiwan, para kuno hay isog sila.. pero in the end, pag nakalimot na ila mga citizen back to normal napud ni..

[wak_wak]

kato mga PCG personnel dapat sila pud e assign sa spratlys dapit, para isunod nila mga insik didto na cge ug sulod sa ato territory..

[vanillaicecream88]

Tsk tsk... Appologizing means we're wrong and they're right...

If ichange ang situation, sila ang nakapusil sa Filipino fishermen? Mag-unsa man ta? Nga-nga...
Many of the OFWs in Taiwan sad are not treated well... Daghan sa ila factory workers kay overworked...

Philippines is a sovereign country but we allow others to give sanctions to us... It's our right to protect our waters... This is not the first time that other nationalities have poached in our waters...

[monroy]

So based on how many people here post, it's OK for a country to kill foreigners who cross borders illegally. What if this same reasoning is used against us?

[reptoid]

Persons should yield to the coastguard. The critical aspect of this case would seem to be the assertion by PH that the fishermen used their boat as a weapon when confronted. The supposed video evidence should clarify this, now would be a good time to make it public.

[cliff_drew]

So based on how many people here post, it's OK for a country to kill foreigners who cross borders illegally. What if this same reasoning is used against us?

If it poses a threat, then why not. However, this should be the last option to consider.