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This photo taken on August 22, 2023 from the deck of Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra shows a Chinese coast guard ship (R) shadowing a civilian boat (C) chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. Ted Aljibe, AFP 

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Bianca Dava

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/20230822-ph-resupply-mission-ayungin-AFP.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">This photo taken on August 22, 2023 from the deck of Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra shows a Chinese coast guard ship (R) shadowing a civilian boat (C) chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. <em>Ted Aljibe, AFP </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span>  </div><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">The shallow built of civilian boats makes them suitable for delivering supplies to government <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, a Philippine Navy official said on Wednesday.</span> </span></div><p>“It just so happened that because of the nature of the shoal, which is quite shallow, it’s only Unaizah May, a contracted civilian ship, that has access to the shoal because of the shallowness of its draft,” <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Navy Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad </span>told reporters.</p><p>Trinidad said the government uses a combination of Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and local government unit-operated vessels for <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">rotation and resupply (RoRe) m</span>issions in eight other Philippine-occupied islands and features in the West Philippine Sea.<span dir="ltr"><br/></span></p><div><span dir="ltr">“There are 9 island detachments that we occupy and the 8 others, we use a combination of Navy, Coast Guard, air, sea, we use the LGU. It’s only in Ayungin Shoal that we utilize the Unaizah May escorted by the PCG and Navy ships. Navy ships are there,” he said.<br/><br/>The Navy official said the decision to use Navy ships to escort RoRe missions is up to the discretion of the Western Command and is “subject to the guidance of higher headquarters.”<br/><br/> “The composition of any RoRe mission, first and foremost, it is a naval operation conducted by Naval Forces West and Wescom. The composition of what type of ship and capabilities will be used is in the discretion of the Wescom commander subject to the guidance of higher headquarters,” Trinidad said. </span></div><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the West Philippine Sea, and has sought to assert sovereignty there despite competing claims from Southeast Asian nations and an international arbitration ruling that its stance has no legal basis.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Tensions between Beijing and the Philippines have flared in recent months as ships from both countries have clashed near contested reefs, with the most recent dispute taking place this month.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Manila said <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">China Coast Guard vessels caused two collisions with Philippine boats and fired water cannon at one of them during a resupply mission in the South China Sea.</span> </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/5/-ph-vessel-sustains-minor-damage-after-collision-with-china-ship-1018">Philippines says crew hurt, vessels damaged by China Coast Guard</a></div><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;-webkit- text-size-adjust:100%;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.3;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Beijing said it &quot;took control measures&quot; against Philippine ships&#x27; &quot;illegal intrusion&quot; into its sovereign waters, and accused a Philippine vessel of &quot;intentionally&quot; ramming a Chinese one.</p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">China&#x27;s foreign ministry has </span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/6/china-says-us-using-philippines-as-pawn-in-south-china-sea-1536"></a><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/6/china-says-us-using-philippines-as-pawn-in-south-china-sea-1536">accused the United States of using its ally Manila as a &quot;pawn&quot;</a></span><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> to stir up regional tensions after Washington labelled Beijing&#x27;s actions &quot;provocative&quot;.</span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/6/us-calls-on-china-to-stop-dangerous-actions-vs-philippines-957">US calls on China to stop &#x27;dangerous&#x27; 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<p>The 'shallow draft' of Unaizah May indigenous boats makes them a suitable for the resupply missions for troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, a Philippine Navy official said. </p>

The 'shallow draft' of Unaizah May indigenous boats makes them a suitable for the resupply missions for troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, a Philippine Navy official said.

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Why Philippines uses civilian boat for its resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal

Bianca Dava,

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Published Mar 13, 2024 12:50 PM PHT

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