MASINLOC, Zambales: They’ve been driven away by water cannon-toting Chinese Coast Guards, but fishermen from this town have returned to the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) shoal because fishing is their only livelihood.

Though worried about his safety, Efren Forones finds no other recourse but to go back to the shoal where he and his friends have fished for years to feed their families.

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