MANGINGISDANG PINOY, ITINABOY NG MGA TSEKWA SA WPS

TSEKWA ang tawag namin sa mga abusadong Intsik na hindi mangiming gamitin ang dahas upang mang-api. Iba ang Tsinoy dahil mga kababayan natin sila. May dugong Intsik, ngunit Filipino ang pag-iisip at ugali. Kasama natin sila kontra sa pang-aabuso ng mga Tsekwa.

Kamakailan, naglabasan sa socialmedia ang video clip ng paggigipit ng mga Tsekwa sa mga mangingisdang Filipino na ginipit ng China Coast Guard sa Bajo de Masinloc, isang traditional fishing ground na bahagi ng teritoryo ng Filipinas. Pakibasa ang pahayag ni Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesman ng Philippine Coast Guard sa isyu ng West Philippine Sea.

Regarding the circulating videos depicting the harassment of Filipino fishermen by the China Coast Guard in BDM, the PCG have successfully identified the origin of the videos and have taken steps to gather sworn statements from the individuals involved.

Mr. Jack Tabat from Zambales, has admitted that the video came from their boat, FB Legendary Jo. According to his statement, on 12 January 2024, Filipino fishermen who were collecting sea shells near the South entrance of BDM experienced harassment from the China Coast Guard. The fishermen were instructed to return the shells they had gathered to the sea and were subsequently driven away.

Mr. Tabat reported that there were five Chinese Coast Guard personnel on board a rubber boat who approached the Filipino fishermen. Four of them disembarked and chased after the fishermen. He also documented one Chinese Coast Guard personnel grabbing the fishing boat and preventing it from departing unless the fishermen threw back their gathered sea shells into the sea.

Currently, the PCG is awaiting the arrival of the fishing vessel, which was subjected to the China Coast Guard’s harassment. The PCG intend to gather testimonies from these fishermen as well.

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BINANGGIT ni DoE assistant secretary Mario Marasigan sa Saturday News Forum sa Dapo Restaurant na may sapat na power supply para sa isla ng Panay. Pag-iingat lang umano ang sinabi ng National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) na maaaring rotational brownout sa alinman sa loilo, Antique, Capiz, at Aklan, mga lalawigan ng bumubuo sa Panay.

“Stable po ang grid system natin, may ample supply tayo, walang kakulangan, at every 30 minutes po mino-monitor namin iyong sitwasyon,” ayon kay Marasigan tungkol sa Panay sub-grid. “At mayroon pang mga oras na nag-e-export pa ang Panay papunta ng Negros.”

Hindi nakabahala ang babala ng NGCP, ani Marasigan. “Iyon pong statement na lumabas ay sana po ang pick-up ng marami o iyong pagkakaintindi ng marami ay it’s just a precautionary measure,” aniya.

Ayon kay Marasigan, ang 150-megawatt Panay Energy Development Corporation Unit 3 ay may naranasang boiler tube leak, causing its unplanned outage. Ito ang naging dahilan ng brownout noong ika-2 ng Enero.

“The unresolved internal issues of the remaining major power plants (PEDC Units 1 and 2, and PCPC) that precipitated the January 2 incident qualify as a significant threat to system security following a credible N-1 event, and justifies manual intervention by the System Operator NGCP under Philippine Grid Code Section 6.2.3.4.,” paliwanag ng NGCP.

“However, following DOE and ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission) instructions, another MLD may be implemented in the event of the tripping of another large plant in the Panay sub-grid,” the NGCP warned.

Noong ika-2 ng Enero nagkaroon ng multiple tripping of power plants sa Panay Island at naging dahilan ito sa power outage sa buong isla. Bumalik ang kuryente noong ika-5 ng Enero. Sinisi ng mga mambabatas ang NGCP sa kawalan ng kuryente sa isla.
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KUMBINSIDO kami na hindi nagsasabi ng tama si Sara Duterte. Madalas, salat sa anuman diwa ng angkop sa bayan. Pakibasa ang isang post ng aming kaibigan na Ba Ipe:

SARA’S IGNORANCE

SARA’S proposal to require mandatory military service for every Filipino citizen of training age is laudable but not feasible. She favors the creation of a huge standing army, which is unsustainable given the current fiscal position. The outstanding debt of the national government could reach between P13 to P14 trillion, when his father ends his term on June 30.

Since fiscal policy favors debt repayment over delivery of services to our people, the priority is pay the huge public debt, lessening the public funds for services like mandatory military service. Where will Sara get the money to finance the mandatory military service? That is the question.

The Philippines is rich in guerilla traditions. Since the Spanish colonial era, those recalcitrant leaders used guerilla tactics to face the Spanish armed brigades. The likes of Sumuroy, Tamblot, Dagohoy, Silang, among others resorted to form guerilla groups, which used guerilla tactics against the Spanish soldiers.

Even the millenarian groups of Apo Ipe, Papa Isio, the Colorums, or the Sakdalistas, had guerilla groups to harass the American colonial forces and the paramilitary Philippine Constabulary. When the Japanese invading forces came, we had the various guerilla groups – HMB, Marking Guerillas, among others, which cleaned the country to the Japanese forces when the Gen. Douglas McArthur came over. Now, we have the NPA, which employs guerilla tactics to face AFP. They have been unconquered since its creation in 1969.

We had standing armies during Emilio Aguinaldo’s time and when the Japanese invaded us in 1941, but they lost miserably to enemies. Aguinaldo’s army lost to invading American forces, while the USAFFE forces surrendered in Bataan in 1942.

Because of the richness of our guerilla traditions, then Defense Secretary Renato de Villa, in an interview I had for the Philippines Free Press in 1991 (it was our cover story during those days), said the country’s defense strategy has to be recast to acknowledge the use of guerilla tactics to fight potential enemy.

I remember de Villa telling me that the standing army does not have to be very big because we don’t have enough resources to support a big army. It should approximate the size that it could deliver lethal blows to the enemy when they attack us and come over to our country.

But we should have strong militia forces that could be used automatically to become guerilla units, using guerilla tactics, de Villa said. Our terrain favors this approach, he said.
Although Sara is listed to have obtained some courses and training at the National Defense College and she is registered as a reserve officer, she hardly knows our defense requirements.

Apparently, her statement is her way to ingratiate herself to the defense and military establishment. Its election time and she needs their support by hook or by crook, even by half-truths and lies.

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