Fisherfolk from Zambales province on Monday assailed the recent incident of harassment of their fellow fishermen by the Chinese Coast Guard near the Scarborough Shoal, which has been serving as their traditional fishing ground for decades. A video posted on Feb. 13 by the Peoples Development Institute (PDI), a non-government organization helping the fishermen, showed that Chinese maritime militia boats once again harassed and ordered fishermen from Zambales to get out while the Filipinos were sailing near the shoal on Feb. 3 and 6. When reached on Monday, the PDI said the fishermen were from the coastal town of Masinloc, some 20 nautical miles (220 kilometers) from the shoal, which the locals also called Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal.

Aglibot, J. R. (2023, February 22). Fishers slam latest Chinese harassment in Sacarborough. Panay News, pp. 5, 13.