Manila, Feb. 19 -- Despite China's continued illegal, coercive and aggressive behavior, the Philippines will not give up its "routine maritime operations" in Bajo de Masinloc, the National Maritime Council (NMC) said Tuesday night.

This was after a People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Harbin Z-9 helicopter made unprofessional and reckless flight maneuvers against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft conducting a routine maritime domain awareness flight over Bajo de Masinloc on Feb. 18.

"This blatantly hazardous action endangered the safety of the pilots and passengers onboard. It demonstrated a lack of regard for internationally-accepted norms on good airmanship and flight safety," the NMC ...