The BRP Datu Cabaylo and BRP Datu Sanday were on a routine resupply mission when three CCG vessels and a People’s Liberation Army-Navy ship emerged and made menacing manuevers to stop them.
“This morning Philippines’ BFAR ships BRP Datu Pagbuaya and BRP Datu Bankaw pushed west into the Pag-Asa Cays before docking at Pagasa (Thitu) Island. At least four China maritime militia ships ...
BRP Datu Pagbuaya (MMOV-3003) and BRP Datu Bankaw (MMOV-3004), two 170-ton offshore patrol vessels from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, were interdicted by China Coast Guard cutters ...