Malacanang on Sunday invites Filipinos to watch and disseminate the documentary regarding the maritime dispute in the West Philippine and its impact to small fishermen and the maritime ecology.
“Malugod naming inaanyayahan ang lahat na panoorin at
i-share ang video na pinamagatang “Kalayaan: Karapatan sa Karagatan” upang
lubos na maunawaan ang usapin hinggil sa West Philippine
Sea . Maaaring matunghayan ito sa Facebook page ni Pangulong Aquino
na nakapaloob sa , said Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., in an interview with
dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.
The 21-minute long documentary hosted by Lourd de Vera,
features an aerial tour of the Bajo de Mansinloc (Panatag Shoal), as well as
testimonies of local fishermen who were harassed by the Chinese Coast Guards,
and interviews with maritime experts.
In the documentary, Atty. Henry Bensurto, Jr., Philippine
Consul General in San Francisco , USA and the Head of the Legal Team on West
Philippine Sea Issues of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), who explained
the history of the maritime dispute which first was only between Vietnam and China
and how it reached the Philippines
He noted that in the 1990’s China
began building structures in the Mischief Reef which is 124 nautical miles from
Palawan and about 800 nautical miles from the Chinese island of Hainan
Bensurto also said that the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) must be observed. This law said a country has special
rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources including energy
production from water and wind, which stretches from the baseline out to 200
nautical miles from its coast.
While Undersecretary Asis Perez, the National Director of
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, said China
This is the first of a three-part documentary regarding the
disputed maritime territory, which was released last Friday (June 12)
coinciding with the celebration of the 117th Anniversary of the Proclamation of
Philippine Independence.
The first episode will continue to be aired on PTV-4 every
5:30 p.m. from June 15 to 19, with a replay every 10:30 p.m. While the second
and third episode will be aired in late June and early July, respectively.
The documentary was made possible by the coordination of the
Department of Foreign Affairs and PCOO.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=772319
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