A video passed off an old photo of the Japan Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a North Korean fishing vessel to claim that the incident was between the Philippine Coast Guard and a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true.
A video posted on YouTube used an old clip and claimed to show the Philippine Coast Guard driving away a Vietnamese fishing vessel in Palawan. This is false.
Three-year-old clips of a maritime drill were passed off to claim that the China Coast Guard fired water cannons at the Philippine Coast Guard to drive them out of Pag-asa Island.
Ayungin Shoal, internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal and called Ren’ai Reef by China, is part of the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf of the Philippines, according to the July 12, 2016 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
There were at least 6 reports on the 2019 event.
BY LAURO BAJA JR. IT is difficult to develop a pattern of action for the incident in Balintang Chanel which happened a month ago. We know what Taiwan wants but we are still at sea on how we have responded and/ or how we will further respond. Taiwan is a province (read: surrogate) of
