PCG Monitors and Challenges Unauthorized Presence of Chinese Vessel Off Zambales Coast

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The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐๐‚๐†), under the direction of the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง, deployed both ๐š๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐‚๐‚๐†) ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ detected within the Philippinesโ€™ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

According to ๐๐‚๐† ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š, ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š, ๐‚๐‚๐† ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ 4305 ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ 48 ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ, ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌโ€”well within Philippine maritime jurisdiction.

On 19 May 2026, the PCG aircraft ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ฃ๐จ 302 ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐Œ๐ƒ๐€) ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ over the area, visually confirming the presence of CCG-4305 at a distance of 50.1 nautical miles from the Zambales coastline.

The ๐๐‚๐† ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€™ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š through sustained MDA operations, regular patrols, and lawful maritime enforcement actions.

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