00:00It will take up to 3 months for the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Teresa Magbanwa to compensate for the wreckage of a Chinese ship in Escoda Shoal.
00:09A PCG will be sent to other ships to guard the ship, but they will not be detailed when it arrives.
00:16Chino Gaston is on the scene.
00:20Because of the several times that a Chinese ship was wrecked in the BRP Teresa Magbanwa,
00:25it will take up to 5 months to guard Escoda Shoal.
00:28It has been cut off and damaged.
00:32According to the Philippine Coast Guard,
00:34the PCG will take up to 2 to 3 months to compensate for the wreckage of the BRP Teresa Magbanwa,
00:40which is currently docked in Danau, Cebu.
00:42First, they will fix the big hole on its side.
00:45According to the PCG, the government will not spend any money to repair their biggest ship.
00:50The BRP Bagacay and another Coast Guard patrol ship that was wrecked by China in Escoda will also be repaired in Cebu on August 19.
00:58Our countrymen have the ability to repair.
01:02They will do it and I know that it is still under warranty and the company that made Mitsubishi will pay for it.
01:09BRP Teresa Magbanwa left Escoda Shoal last weekend due to bad weather and some crew members
01:15experienced severe dehydration and starvation due to China's prevention of resupplying the ship.
01:21Actually, they are now okay. They have recovered.
01:26There is a human element in our activities in the West Philippine Sea.
01:31We also send people. Let us not forget that they are our countrymen.
01:36They are the same to us.
01:39The PCG has already sent a replacement for Magbanwa to Escoda Shoal
01:42but they did not provide any information as to when and where Escoda Shoal arrived.
01:49Last week, a Shiam Coast Guard, four Navy and 52 militia vessels of China were spotted
01:55still guarding Escoda, which is only 75 nautical miles away from Palawan.
02:01For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston reporting for 24 Hours.
02:12Thank you very much.
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