00:00Pinalaga ng mga taga-Batanes ang pahayag ng ilang Chinese scholars na bahagi ng China ang lalawigan.
00:06Dahil din sa pahayag na iyan, kinwestyon ang Philippine Coast Guard ang intensyon ng Chinese Ambassador
00:11nang bisitahin niya ang Batanes nitong Hunyo.
00:14Balita ng atin ni Bea Pinlak.
00:19Sa batas ng Pilipinas at sa mata ng daigdig,
00:23Batanes ang pinakadulong probinsya sa hilagan ng Pilipinas
00:26at hangganan ng ating teritoryo sa norte.
00:30Malapit din ito sa Taiwan na may mga tribong nahahawig ang kultura sa ating mga katutubong Ivatan.
00:36Pero kamakailan, lumabas ang ulat na may mga Chinese scholar
00:40na nagsabing natural geographical extension o karugtong ng Taiwan ang Batanes
00:45kaya naman bahagi rin ito ng China.
00:47Hindi yan ipinagkibit-balikat ng mga taga-Batanes.
00:51Nababahala din ako sa ganitong maling naratif.
00:54Baka naman yun ay magiging basihan ng China na seryusuhin na i-claim ang Batanes na parte ng China through
01:05Taiwan.
01:05Hindi titigid ang mga Ivatan na or hindi i-accept yung mga ganitong pronouncement ng basta-basta.
01:13Kailangan labanan yung Batanes.
01:15Nanindigan din si Batanes Governor June Aguto na hindi na dapat questionin na bahagi ng Pilipinas ang Batanes.
01:22It's an absurd thing to even think about Chinese claiming Batanes as part of Taiwan or even part of China.
01:31This is well-established by the Philippine archipelago and by history
01:36that Batanes is always and will always be part of the Philippines.
01:41We want to make it clear and we want to tell these scholars
01:45that there's no way that we will be part of Taiwan or even China.
01:53I'd like to post this to the Chinese government
01:57that it's not for them to make a clear statement
02:02because we know for a fact that the Chinese government knows that Batanes is part of the Philippines.
02:10Pinuna rin ng Maritime Monitoring Group na SEALITE
02:13ang pananahimik ng Chinese Embassy sa issue.
02:16The silence coming from the Chinese Embassy in Manila following this news has been remarkable.
02:26They are in a spot where if they affirm the finding,
02:31obviously, first of all, that obviously this is extremely unpopular in the Philippines.
02:37This puts them in a difficult position.
02:39Sabi ng National Historical Commission of the Philippines,
02:42patunay ang datos at kasaysayan na noon pa man,
02:46walang dudang ang Batanes ay bahagi ng Pilipinas.
02:49Para naman kay Defense Secretary Gibo Chudoro,
02:52hindi dapat baliwalain ang pahayag na ito ng mga Chinese scholar.
02:56In a closed society like China,
02:59any Chinese subject, any academic who makes a statement,
03:03in China,
03:05it becomes a quasi-state statement.
03:09So this is signaling on their part.
03:13It's good that it's ridiculous,
03:15but maybe to their citizens it might not be.
03:17We still have to take all these threats seriously.
03:20Nung Hunyo,
03:22bumisita sa Batanes ang ambasador ng China.
03:24Kabilang sa pinuntahan niya,
03:26ang form na dinonate ng Chinese Embassy.
03:29Tanong tuloy ni Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea,
03:32Rear Admiral J. Tariela,
03:34mabuti nga ba ang pakay ng pagbisita sa probinsya ng ambasador
03:37o paraan ng pag-inspeksyon
03:39sa lugar na tingin niya ay balak ang kinin ng China?
03:42The reason why the Chinese government is upgrading
03:47yung information operation nila,
03:49yung FEMA operation nila,
03:50it's because obviously they are losing the narrative.
03:53Ito ang dahilan kung ba't mas maingay sila ngayon.
03:55There was no, no, no, nothing.
03:57There was no talk about the territory belonging to Taiwan.
04:03And it was,
04:06sabi niya,
04:07being a new ambasador,
04:10he wants to visit all the provinces of the Philippines.
04:15So it was just a plain visit,
04:18nothing to do with this territorial issue.
04:22Wala pang pahayag ang embahada ng China hinggil sa issue.
04:25Bea Pinlak,
04:27nagbabalita para sa GMA News.
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