The Phil­ip­pine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bur­eau of Fish­er­ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) resup­plied Filipino fish­er­men oper­at­ing near dis­puted mari­time fea­tures in the South China Sea on Wed­nes­day, defy­ing heightened Chinese pres­ence in the con­tested waters. In a state­ment on Wed­nes­day even­ing, the coast guard said it had delivered thou­sands of liters worth of fuel, tons of crushed ice and hun­dreds of food packs to fish­er­men off Scar­bor­ough and Sabina shoals, des­pite what it described as “aggress­ive actions” by Chinese ves­sels. “This oper­a­tion… under­scores the gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to safe­guard­ing the live­li­hoods of Filipino fish­er­men and assert­ing mari­time jur­is­dic­tion,” it said.

Basilio, K. C. L. (2025, October 10). Philippines resupplies fishers near disputed South China Sea shoals. BusinessWorld, p. S1/16.