US Navy ship spotted near Scarborough amid China ‘patrol’

A United States Naval Ship was spotted near the country’s landmass while China Coast Guard was conducting what it considers as a patrol around Scarborough Shoal on Sunday morning, December 29, according to a West Philippine Sea monitor.

[MrSlanderer]

Be it the UN does not recognize Scarborough as Chinese territory, the US has freedom of navigation in those waters. No amount of whining from China or anti-American trolls is going to change that.

[johnny-ihes]

The position of the US naval ship is east of longitude 118° E. It's safe within the treaty boundary of the Philippines.

[frankmaliwat]

KUNG HINDI UMALIS ANG US NAVAL BASE SA SUBIC BAKA HINDI SILA NAKAPAGTAYO NG MGA ARTIFICIAL ISLAND SA SCARBOROUGH SOAL..

[kuyapags]

Ray Powell is always the first to come up with these kinds of information.

Question is: How come the AFP's and PCG's monitoring could not come near the quality and timeliness of Ray Powell's information?

The AFP and PCG have turned the word 'monitoring' synonymous to doing nothing.

[therealbronxbull]

Victorious was just doing a little sightseeing. Enjoying the weather 😂.

[chiren]

Buti pa US nagpapatrolya sa WPS. PCG nakikiparty pa😅😅😅

[chiefrow]

FYI kabayan, USS ships are warships and USNS ship like this one is a support ship. A USNS ship, which stands for "United States Naval Ship, " cannot participate in a military battle because it is a civilian-crewed auxiliary vessel designed for support functions like transport and refueling, meaning it lacks the necessary weaponry and combat capabilities to engage in direct combat with enemy forces.

[nonylonrolluqui]

Cge nga china water canon nyo nga kung kya nyo

[whizzkidd]

What did CN do? Nothing right? Bec CN only respects strength

[rikta]

Thank you USA for helping my country Pilipinas

[RGAvlog]

Verygood thing we had them to help us.

[stevenwadedavis]

Us Navey goes where it wants.Freedom of navigation baby

[Gregory-Masovutch]

The US should bring their entire fleets out to Scarborough Shoal to help assist Philippine vessels.

[sinnegindig]

Mabuhay ang US Navy, mabuti pa US Navy nagpatrolya sa WPS at hinde natakot sa China, mga Philippine Navy at Philippines coast guard ay nagtatago

[TheDaysOfGlory]

The USN just gave the PN and PCG the ultimate chance to conduct a joint patrol at Scarborough, but where were they??

[douglasdecicco-vetdad]

There have been US military outside of Subic Bay for the past year.

[kiakotse]

Tama yan tulungan na tayo ng US
Wag na kayo umangal

[dionisioparillasr.]

Yung PCG at Navy nagchristmas party pa ata kaya hindi nagbabantay😂

[carmendelosreyes]

I need the o n going news re chinas action aginst ud navys patroling in south phil sea.thnks n peaceful new year.

[bongdiego]

Pilipinas lng Kaya nila water canon. Eh Yan Hanggang radio challenge lng