The Philippine Coast Guard flagship, BRP Teresa Magbanua, will remain at Escoda Shoal despite the arrival of China’s biggest vessel dubbed as “The Monster” Navy spokesperson on the WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad yesterday refused to call the situation between the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) a “standoff.” For a week now, the largest coast guard vessels of the Philippines and China have been in close proximity to each other at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippines Sea (WPS).

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