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Don’t Wait for the Water to Turn Red
We watch the maps shift like weather,
yet say nothing as the West Philippine Sea
shrinks under another nation’s shadow.
While you scroll past,
Filipino sailors sail into danger unarmed;
their boats splintered by water cannons,
their supplies blocked,
their lives treated as bargaining chips
in a conflict we refuse to name.
We speak of “tensions,”
as if the ocean were merely anxious;
not scarred by hulls rammed,
not bruised by bullying in broad daylight.
Our silence is a reef where injustice grows.
Your apathy is the current pushing the small,
closer to the jaws of the powerful.
They don’t need your condolences
after the clash becomes a tragedy.
We need political will,
international law with a backbone,
eyes that stay open
even when the headlines turn away.
Don’t wait until the water darkens
to decide the Philippines mattered.
#WestPhilippineSea #SouthChinaSea #StandWithThePhilippines
#DefendSovereignty #MaritimeSecurity #InternationalLaw
#GlobalAttentionNow #StopTheAggression #ProtectFishermen
#IndoPacificSecurity #FreedomOfNavigation #UNCLOS
#HumanRightsAtSea #Geopolitics #WorldDoBetter
We watch the maps shift like weather,
yet say nothing as the West Philippine Sea
shrinks under another nation’s shadow.
While you scroll past,
Filipino sailors sail into danger unarmed;
their boats splintered by water cannons,
their supplies blocked,
their lives treated as bargaining chips
in a conflict we refuse to name.
We speak of “tensions,”
as if the ocean were merely anxious;
not scarred by hulls rammed,
not bruised by bullying in broad daylight.
Our silence is a reef where injustice grows.
Your apathy is the current pushing the small,
closer to the jaws of the powerful.
They don’t need your condolences
after the clash becomes a tragedy.
We need political will,
international law with a backbone,
eyes that stay open
even when the headlines turn away.
Don’t wait until the water darkens
to decide the Philippines mattered.
#WestPhilippineSea #SouthChinaSea #StandWithThePhilippines
#DefendSovereignty #MaritimeSecurity #InternationalLaw
#GlobalAttentionNow #StopTheAggression #ProtectFishermen
#IndoPacificSecurity #FreedomOfNavigation #UNCLOS
#HumanRightsAtSea #Geopolitics #WorldDoBetter
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14 July 2024 (Sunday)
Chinese Coastguard 🇨🇳 seen Patrolling in Batangas. 🇵🇭
A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel has inched closer to the Philippines, sailing past an island located just 40 kilometers west of Calatagan in Batangas over the weekend, a maritime group said.
Based on monitoring by SeaLight, a maritime transparency project that monitors and reports activities in the South China Sea, the 135-meter CCG 5203 arrived 60 nautical miles west of Lubang Island at 4:20 p.m. on Sunday
PH_admin
Via: the Manila Times and Above the Philippines page
#UNCLOS
#WestPhilippineSea
#SouthChinaSea
#UnitedNations
Chinese Coastguard 🇨🇳 seen Patrolling in Batangas. 🇵🇭
A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel has inched closer to the Philippines, sailing past an island located just 40 kilometers west of Calatagan in Batangas over the weekend, a maritime group said.
Based on monitoring by SeaLight, a maritime transparency project that monitors and reports activities in the South China Sea, the 135-meter CCG 5203 arrived 60 nautical miles west of Lubang Island at 4:20 p.m. on Sunday
PH_admin
Via: the Manila Times and Above the Philippines page
#UNCLOS
#WestPhilippineSea
#SouthChinaSea
#UnitedNations
