13-12-2023, 08:53 AM
“We were all set and fired up. We were excited,” Robert Francis Garcia, one of the volunteers aboard TS Kapitan Felix Oca told INQUIRER.net in an interview on Monday.
Carrying volunteers and members of the media, the civilian mother ship was accompanied by the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) BRP Melchora Aquino, where local and foreign journalists, including Inquirer.net, were also aboard.
The journey was uneventful for most part until a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel shadowed TS Kapitan Felix Oca off Kayumanggi Reef.
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/224238...e=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery
Carrying volunteers and members of the media, the civilian mother ship was accompanied by the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) BRP Melchora Aquino, where local and foreign journalists, including Inquirer.net, were also aboard.
The journey was uneventful for most part until a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel shadowed TS Kapitan Felix Oca off Kayumanggi Reef.
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/224238...e=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery