Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง of the two Navy personnel who were injured during an incident in Ayungin Shoal last July 20, 2026.
According to RADM Tarriela, the said ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌโ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐, in accordance with UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award.
โ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,โ he said.
He also said that the PCG broadcasted radio messages to vessels in the area every 30 minutes, identifying the mission as a humanitarian medical evacuation and telling vessels not to obstruct the life-saving operation, and denied China’s claim that it permitted the evacuation.
