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After five months at sea, exhausted sailors were seen leaving the vessel on stretchers upon its arrival at a port in Palawan on Sunday. Philippine coastguard spokesman Jay Tarriela reported that several crew members suffered from extreme fatigue and gastroenteritis after being forced to drink rainwater and subsist on porridge for over three weeks as supplies dwindled.
The Philippines will continuously deploy vessels in the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, its coast guard said on Monday after a Philippine ship returned to port after a five-month deployment there.
MANILA/BEIJING — The Philippines will stick to its position on Sabina Shoal, it said on Thursday (Sept 12), even while exploring ways to ease tension in the area during "frank and candid" talks with China on managing disputes in the key waterway of the South China Sea.
The National Maritime Council, chaired by the president’s Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, issued a statement saying the Philippine vessel “was deliberately rammed three times”, which endangered lives and caused significant damage.
China on Monday accused Philippine vessels of "illegally" intruding and colliding with one of their ships in waters near the Escoda Shoal, in the latest territorial spat between the two countries.