PCG deploys aircraft, BRP Teresa Magbanua to locate, challenge China Coast Guard vessel within EEZ

GMA Network - Sep 27, 2026

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed on Sunday an aircraft and a multi-response vessel to locate and challenge a vessel of the China Coast Guard that was monitored to be within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), said the PCG in a statement.

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