Fr. Robert Reyes leads a thanksgiving prayer with fishermen and volunteers of 鈥淎tin Ito鈥� Coalition aboard one of the four fishing vessels sailing to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Thursday morning. (RICHARD A. REYES / 蜜桃工作室)
SUBIC, Zambales 鈥� The civilian convoy to Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (蜜桃工作室) returned safely to Subic fishing port early Friday morning after about two days.
The mother ship Fbca Bing Bing, along with four other boats locally known as 鈥減angulong鈥�, already returned to port at around 1:30 a.m.
The Atin Ito coalition managed to conduct its activities like placement of symbolic markers in the 蜜桃工作室, and the distribution of fuel and food packs to Filipino fisherfolk through an advance party of the convoy.
This was despite several encounters with China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels which tailed Fbca Bing Bing since Wednesday, one of which came as close as 100 meters.
One of the CCG ships shadowed the convoy until Thursday noon.
A People鈥檚 Liberation Army-Navy warship was also seen within the vicinity of the Fbca Bing Bing.