MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said the structures recently spotted in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal during a maritime domain awareness (MDA) flight were already present as early as 2010, based on historical satellite images. PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore Jay Tarriela, said the debris-like structures seen inside the shoal were not newly built. “We are now retrieving images way back earlier that this structure has been there already. So this is not something new. This might just be debris of the plan to construct a structure there,” Tarriela told reporters on the sidelines […]... Keep on reading: PCG: Structures spotted at Scarborough Shoal trace back to 2010