The Philippines announced on April 27, it carried out a ‘Inter-Agency Maritime Operation’ near the three cays close to Pag-asa or Thitu Island in the West Philippine Sea.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/navy-coast-guard-police-deploy-pag-asa-cays-april-2025/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/navy-coast-guard-police-deploy-pag-asa-cays-april-2025/
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00:00The Philippines announced on April 27, it carried out a, quote, interagency maritime operation near 3Ks close to Pag-asa or Thitu Island in the West Philippine Sea.
00:11The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea says in a statement, the operation involved the Philippine Navy, Coast Guard and National Police Maritime Group, reinforcing the country's routine exercise of maritime awareness and jurisdiction over the area.
00:25China state broadcaster CCTV previously claimed that the China Coast Guard had taken control and asserted sovereignty over the area in early April, sharing photos of its Coast Guard raising the Chinese flag on one of the case.
00:38The Philippines deploys four teams from various maritime units, including the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police Maritime Group, and Philippine Navy.
00:46The task force said the Philippine teams, quote, observed the illegal presence of China Coast Guard 5102, approximately 1,000 yards east of K2, as well as seven maritime militia vessels near K2 and K3.