The Philippine Coast Guard would be “very serious” in investigating a China-flagged bulk carrier that reportedly hit a Philippine fishing boat at daytime last Dec. 5 in Occidental Mindoro, PCG Commandant Ronnie Gil Gavan said yesterday. Gavan, a PCG admiral, said the allision – a maritime accident wherein a vessel strikes a stationary object – between the Filipino fishing boat F/B Ruel J and the Chinese-flagged bulk carrier M/V Tai Hang 8 would be looked into to determine who is at fault. “We assure the public that we will be very serious with this. This also goes with any user of our seas. If they commit mistakes, if they make offense in our waters, we will go after them anywhere in the world through the existing protocols that we have with other coast guards all over the world,” Gavan said.

China-flagged carrier hits Phl fishing boat. (2023, December 8). The Philippine Star, pp. 1, 5.