The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship deployed as a replacement for the BRP Teresa Magbanua has moved closer to Escoda Shoal, the National Maritime Council (NMC) said Saturday. NMC spokesperson Undersecretary Alexander Lopez provided the update in an interview at a news forum in Quezon City,

The ship that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed to replace BRP Teresa Magbanua is now moving closer to Escoda Shoal, the National Maritime Council (NMC) said. NMC Undersecretary and spokesperson Alexander Lopez confirmed this development during a news forum in Quezon City,

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already dispatched a ship to replace BRP Teresa Magbanua in Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea,  but it had

Days after withdrawing its lone patrol from Escoda Shoal, the Philippines will reassert its claim over the area by deploying both coast guard and naval vessels to the shoal. The National Maritime Council revealed the development yesterday,

The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday said the country has not lost Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) despite the pullout of BRP Teresa Magbanua.

According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, nine CCG vessels, four Chinese warships and 52 maritime militia vessels were swarming Escoda on Sept. 16, two days after the PCG’s BRP Teresa Magbanua left the shoal after nearly five months of deployment.

Tarriela said that the Chinese maritime forces, which asserted their presence in Sabina Shoal and harassed the Coast Guard flagship, did not retreat.