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... Ating post guard operatives nag-carry out ng special operation na ito. Tinanggal ang anchor ng floating barrier na ito without actually cutting the entire floating barrier...

... So ito ang ginawa natin ngayon. At the same time, makikita mo sa video Sir Christian, kinuha pa natin ang anchor na nag-secure sa floating barrier na iyon.

Q1. Gaano ba kahaba ang buong barrier na yan?

So ginawa natin ng post guard personnel natin, pinutol niya ang anchor. So ibig sabihin, yung buya na iyon, hindi na siya nakahawang, papawirin na siya, papaloob. So after that, pinarecover pa natin ang anchor ng floating buoy na iyon.

Q1. Kailan nyo pala na-discover itong floating barrier? Yung 300 meter na floating barrier?

Ang floating... Ang nangyari kasi nito Sir Christian, ang Philippine Coast Guard together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources had this maritime patrol mission last September 19, noong birthday ko Sir Christian.

The real mission objective is to give yung ayuda ng mga Filipino fishermen dito, at the same time, yung fuel subsidy nila para mas ma-prolong nila yung pangingisda nila dito sa Bajo Di Masinlo.

And then while we were there noong September 20 ng umaga, nakita na namin agad na naglalatag ang China Coast Guard ng buya na ito para harangan ang bunganga ng Bajo Di Masinlo.

So ang mga Filipino fishermen wasn't able to enter the lagoon ng Bajo Di Masinlo. But at least, ang pinaka most important din natin na masasabi natin sa naging mission natin Sir Christian.

Ang monitor natin ng Filipino fishing vessels dito sa Bajo Di Masinlo has a total number of 54 fishing vessels.

Secondly, ito yung kina-counter natin yung mga kwento na wala nang nakakapangisda sa Bajo Di Masinlo sa mga nakaraang panahon.

So with the number of Filipino fishermen na monitor natin dito at tumangkap ng ayuda mula sa gobyerno, masasabi natin ang Filipino fishermen dito ay nakakapangisda pa rin.

So with the term operation, we were able to successfully go near sa Bajo Di Masinlo with only a distance of 300m kung saan tayo nakapag-angkulahe.

Kung makikita mo Sir Christian, parang ordinary ang mga isla lang yung tropa natin. Ang gamit nila ay indigenous boat at hindi mo makikitaan na may barco silang dinamit.

Sorry mukhang na-spill pa yung... although nakapost sa social media nyo. Anyway, ang rito, kumusta yung response ng China?

Siyempre nalaman na nila by this time it's out in public. So ano nag-i-response ng China dito?

Yes Sir Christian. As per monitoring ng Philippine Coast Guard ngayon, na-recover na rin ang China yung inilatag nila. Yung buong hapa ng 300m na yun, na-recover na rin nila.

So in short, tinanggal na rin nila. Siguro they're still wondering kung bakit napadpad yung kabilang end ng floating buoy.

How do we stop them from doing this again? Baka naman ikabit lang nila ulit in the coming days.

Well that's another possibility Sir Christian. But at least with the effort of the Philippine Coast Guard and the guidance of the President, we can show the Filipino people that the national government is doing its role.

This can be interpreted as small effort pero para sa bawat Pilipino na naniniwala sa approach ng ating gobyerno na ngayon tumitindig tayo para sa Pilipinong mga isla Sir Christian.

Ingat pala, bakit nila inilagay sa tingin nyo, sa basa nyo, why did they put that 300m buoy or floating barrier sa bunganga ng Scarborough in the first place?

Well you have to remember Sir Christian, going back in 2012 after the standoff, since 2012 hanggang sa mga nakaraang panahon, ang China Coast Guard and other Chinese law enforcement vessels dominated and took control na itong Bajo de Macinloc.

Particularly itong loob ng lagoon ng Bajo de Macinloc. Ang mga Pilipinong mga isla ay never na talagang nakapasok dito.

Pero ang sabi ko nga sa Sir Christian, sa mga nakaraang panahon, even the government vessels, hindi tayo makalapit sa Bajo de Macinloc.

Siguro the closest distance we were able to patrol papanta ng Bajo de Macinloc is somewhere between 8 nautical miles, 10 nautical miles, in short napakalayo.

But this time, with the effort of our Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Philippine Coast Guard in continuously exposing and being transparent about what is happening in the West Philippine Sea.

It became easier for our BFAR vessel noong nakaraang mission na pumasok dahil namataan nila na meron tayong embedded na mga media friends and journalists.

Nakikita nila yung malalaking lengte ng ating mga kasamahan sa industry at media. It allowed them to be able to navigate and to come closer sa Bajo de Macinloc.

So for so many years, hindi tayo nakakalapit and yet nakalapit tayo ngayon. Next question is, bakit ngayon lang ba natin monitor na nagkaharang sila?

We have been hearing stories from the Filipino fishermen sa accounts nila na nakita nila talaga na inaharangan.

But this is the only first time that the Philippine government vessel was able to document yung paglalatag nila ng floating barrier. It's because this is only the first time na nakalapit tayo ng ganitong kalapit.

Pero ngayon, how close are the fishermen really doon sa pangingisda sa Scarborough? Nakakapasok ba sila sa mismo loob or outside pa rin?

Until now, Sir Christian, hindi pa rin sila nakakapasok sa lagoon dahil of course noong nakaraang mission nga natin, noong patrol natin, may harang pa rin yung bunga ng Bajo de Macinloc.

But what is important for us to highlight is, ang immediate surrounding ng Bajo de Macinloc, Sir Christian, nakakapangisda pa rin ng mga Pilipino dito.

As a matter of fact, ang estimate ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources doon sa hulik operation namin, because as they receive yung ayuda nila, ang fuel subsidy nila, pinatanong namin gaano na yung estimate ng catch nila.

You'll be surprised that there's an estimate total catch of 168 tons of fish catch, itong 54 fishing vessels na tumanggap ng ayuda sa BFAR and Philippine Coast Guard.

Drastic improvement ba ito from the previous 6 years?

Tingin ko Sir Christian it is a drastic improvement dahil mas mataas na ang confidence ng ating Filipino fishermen na maglayag sa Bajo de Macinloc at doon mangisda.

So with our effort of telling the Filipino people na ang Coast Guard, BFAR, Armed Forces of the Philippines ay patuloy na nagpapatulya sa West Philippine Sea, na aayos na natin yung confidence ulit ng ating mga mangisda para maglayag ulit sa West Philippine Sea Sir Christian.