Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam guns the motor of his tiny wooden boat as he makes a dash for the shallow waters of Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, with Chinese coast guard speedboats in hot pursuit.
Scarborough Shoal is 240km west of the Philippines' main island of Luzon and nearly 900km from the nearest major Chinese land mass of Hainan. Philippine officials also accused the Chinese coast guard of laying a 300m long floating barrier across the entrance to the shoal shortly before the BRP Datu Bankaw arrived.
To enable them to stay at sea for longer and catch more fish, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources carries out regular resupply missions. Unfazed by the warnings, the 12 crew members of the BRP Datu Bankaw distributed 60 tonnes of fuel in blue plastic jerry cans to the fishing boats, as well as food packs for those running low on provisions.