前言：
近日國人最關心的話題就是菲律賓海防單位(CG)射殺我國漁民之事了。不僅媒體大幅報導，國人群情激憤，政府也採取強硬姿態，嚴厲譴責菲國，要求道歉並懲兇。
國人在憤怒之餘，自是對菲國一片撻伐聲，指責菲國蠻橫、野蠻；然而，國人真的了解菲律賓政府與人民的想法嗎？
以下轉貼菲律賓最大報紙《馬尼拉時報》5/10的社論，和另一家媒體GMA的新聞網頁下方網友評論數則，以供參考。
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(馬尼拉時報社論)
Sad, shocking jolt to happy PH-Taiwan ties
Published on 10 May 2013
THE people of Taiwan and the Philippines, their civil societies, business communities and social, educational and cultural institutions, have been the closest of friends and collaborators—even despite the break of diplomatic relations
between the Philippine Republic and the Republic of China (ROC) when the Philippines recognized the communist-party-ruled People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Some of the most successful business and industrial cooperation projects in our country are those with Taiwan investors. Taiwan is host to more than 41,400 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Many of these will soon benefit from Taiwan’s raising of the minimum wage to the equivalent of P26,180.00.
Despite the absence of diplomatic relations, people-to-people, institution-to-institution and even some quasi-government-to-government activities between Taiwan and the Philippines have cemented the personal solidarity of Filipinos with the people of Taiwan. These are mostly Han Chinese. There are, however, native people of Taiwan who are not Han Chinese but who now bear Chinese names. The Alishan Mountain people are ethnically and culturally related to our own people of the Cordilleras.
As in, and with, Japan, Korea and other Asian (including Asean) countries, as well as many other countries that are United Nations members, Taiwan maintains a kind of diplomatic presence in the Philippines through an unofficial agency. This is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines. The Philippines maintains a similar presence in Taiwan through an agency called the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO).
Most of the time, our ties with Taiwan and its people have been nothing less than happy. These ties are now being shockingly jolted by the tragedy that is the subject of one of our front page stories today, “Coast Guard kills Taiwan fisherman; diplomatic row looms.”
The Philippine Coast Guard officials have acknowledged that some of its armed and uniformed men shot the Taiwan fishing vessel.
It disturbs us, however, to learn that Taiwan authorities are saying that the fishing vessel in which the 65-year-old Taiwan fisherman, the father of the boat’s skipper, sustained 32 bullet holes. They are also saying that the Filipino CG men’s story—that they had to fire in self-defense because the fishing boat was going to ram the CG-manned Fisheries and Agriculture ship—is most likely a lie because the boat is too small and the BFAR ship is much bigger. The Philippine CG authorities have promised to investigate the event transparently and thoroughly and to relieve the CG men involved of their duties and place them in detention while the probe is going on.
Expectedly, President Benigno Aquino 3rd has defended the CG men’s action against “the aggressive act” of the Taiwan fishing boat.
In Taiwan, the media have been attacking the Philippines and us Filipinos. Fishermen have demonstrated against us. President Ma Ying-jeou has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand that the Philippine government investigate the incident and compensate the family of the fatality. President Ma also demanded an apology from the Philippine government and that Filipino authorities “solve the case and arrest the culprits.” Taiwan’s foreign minister was described in news reports as “very angry.”
Chinas’ official news agency, Xinhua, delivered a broadside against the Philippines and described the Coast Guard’s killing of the fisherman as a “barbaric act.”
Philippine probe must be transparent and credible
There have been previous incidents of Taiwan fishing parties apprehended by Philippine Coast Guard men for poaching in Philippine waters but there was never a shooting like this.
The incident happened northwest of Batanes and Southwest of Taiwan in waters of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea to Beijing and to Taipei). In these waters, Taiwan claims that the Exclusive Economic Zones of the two countries overlap.
Definitely if the Filipinos and their government don’t want to lose the friendship, business, investment and tourist arrivals of Taiwan, the authorities must investigate the incident rigorously, honestly and transparently. We Filipinos must be willing to punish the CG men if they committed a crime and failed to observe the prescribed rules of engagement.
The Philippine investigation must be better and more credible than the one that will be held by the Taiwan parliament beginning Monday. That way, if it is found that our CG men were really only defending themselves, accusations of a cover-up would not be treated seriously.
Something must be done to minimize the possibility of similar tragic incidents—or even just the unpleasant episodes of Philippine authorities arresting Taiwan fishermen.
A MECO-TECO agreement is necessary
We urge our government to enter into an agreement with Taiwan—through a kind of treaty signed by the heads of our MECO and Taiwan’s TECO—for the joint and collaborative exploitation of the seas located in our overlapping EEZs. Such an agreement was forged between Taiwan and Japan last April over the waters surrounding the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
TECO and MECO have signed other agreements before.
There should also be one to promote peace and mutual benefit in those parts of the West Philippine Sea that Taiwan, while not a UN member, can also validly claim to be within its EEZ.
Editorials
本文為《馬尼拉時報》2013/5/10發表的社論，大意翻譯如下：
【菲台良好邦誼受嚴重衝擊，令人難過】
台灣(中華民國)是菲國好友，雖菲國承認的是共產中國，但與台灣關係緊密；台商在菲投資甚多，眾多菲勞在台工作；兩國人民間、機構間往來頻繁，政府間也存在非正式的準外交關係。
台灣人多數是漢人(譯註：這是國際上普遍的誤解，正確應說台灣多數人屬於漢化的平埔族原住民後裔)，但台灣的阿里山原住民與菲律賓的Cordilleras人在種族與文化上關係密切。
如今發生此漁船老人被槍殺事件，菲律賓海防船宣稱是因遭衝撞才自衛射擊，幾乎可以肯定是謊言，因為船隻大小差距太大。政府應該詳查追究相關責任。
一如預期，菲國總統艾奎諾三世捍衛菲國海防單位的立場。
台灣媒體非常憤怒，人民與政府皆譴責菲國。馬英九總統要求菲國道歉，並逮捕肇事者。
中國新華網則報導稱菲國海防單位此舉是「野蠻行徑」。
◎菲國的調查務必要透明且可信
先前菲國也曾逮捕台灣漁民，但從未如這次槍殺人那麼嚴重。
此次案發位置在西菲律賓海(南中國海)，台灣宣稱經濟海域與菲重疊。
菲國不該失去台灣的友誼、投資、商業、觀光，應誠實透明調查，若菲國海防單位犯罪，就繩之以法。
菲國的調查要更好更可信賴。若菲國海防單位確實是為了自衛，則周一開議的台灣國會對菲國的指控就會比較輕，也不會嚴厲制裁。
即使只是逮捕台灣漁民，都應該讓此種傷害無辜的不幸最小化。
◎菲台協議有必要
我們敦促菲國政府要透過駐台機構和台灣駐菲機構洽簽相關協議，解決經濟海域重疊的問題。如同台日之間釣魚台海域的解決方式那樣。
台菲先前曾簽過一些協議。
此次的協議務必要促進西菲律賓海的和平與互惠。雖然台灣不是聯合國成員，也能有效主張其經濟海域內的權利。
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菲律賓網友觀點轉貼數則：
一、
Guest －（路人甲，不確定是否真的是菲國人民）
This is not just a simple happening! This will have a huge impact for all of the Filipinos working in China,Taiwan, Hong Kong and even the tourism in our country. I hope the Philippine Coast Guard can give a very satisfactory explanation for their actions. Think first before acting! I know they just wanted to defend our territory but they should never attack first. If we truly believe we are the true owners of the disputed island then we should not be the aggressor but rather bring the case to the proper court and settle things like educated human beings and not be like barbarians!
此段主要在說這雖是一種捍衛領土主權行動，但也是一件重大的事情，應該要審慎調查處理，以免危及菲國與中國、台灣、香港的關係，傷害在海外的菲勞權益和來菲的觀光利益。
二、
rudy2013 −（對一名台灣或中國留言者的回應）)
it is you being so greedy that your fishermens already entering our territory. did you ever thought if our coast guards caught this fishermen inside your territory, do you think there will be no commotion between your coast guards and ours? think you have a so called high tech radar systems knowing the costal boundaries? (if not you might be attacked by your Big Mama China), of course you have... you just making things big by making too much lies like your mother country China... No one believes you now. Japan and the rest of Asia, doesn't care... because its just a case of few people makes greedy, tempered and mistakes...
there is a reason why they have fired... we know our kababayans... you just reach that level that this guys cannot tolerate already...
此段指責台灣人太過貪婪，直接到菲國領海捕魚，菲國忍無可忍才開火；而台灣官方與媒體如同中國老媽一樣只會撒謊，想把事情鬧大。日本等亞洲國家對此等少數人貪婪犯錯之事不會在意。
三、
Nigel Elero （對一名台灣或中國留言者的回應）
it's not in "north of the Taiwan-Philippine midpoint line" territory.. they are clearly inside the territory of Philippines..they intruded 300 kilometers inside Philippine sea..you know exactly the location of Balintang Channel? it's in the south of Philippines islands of Siayan, Itbayat,Diogo,Batanes, Sabtang, Ibuhos, Dequey and cross to Luzon Strait before finally reach to Balintang Island..They are in Luzon Ridge..Kindly check the google map..
此段說案發地點並非「台灣與菲國海域中線」，而是已經侵入到菲國領海內達300公里遠，四周有多個菲律賓島嶼領土，包含Siayan, Itbayat,Diogo,Batanes, Sabtang, Ibuhos, Dequey, Balintang等島嶼。
四、
fred federico −
that's just a start..any nationality who does not respect Philippine territory would be treated as such..- intruders..Taiwanese illegal fishermen- that's a lesson. for you..if the Phil. Coast Guard is "barbaric" enough like the sensationalist Chinese media is saying, that fishing boat would have sunk by now, and all the crew taken prisoner, or worse, dead., that we can declare them "missing".
此段主張只要不尊重菲國領海主權的，就該強硬對待，此事件只是個小的開端。若菲國真的足夠稱得上華文媒體所謂的野蠻手段，則這艘漁船早就沉了，而且所有人都被逮捕、被殺，然後再宣稱他們「消失」。
以上轉貼自菲律賓媒體網頁，翻譯皆出自本人
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【分析】台灣應該化危機為轉機，大力發展台菲雙邊關係！
菲國因今日要投票選舉，故前幾日，漁船喋血案爆發時，多數媒體並未大篇幅報導，注意力大多只放在選舉上。同時，菲國政府前幾日態度強硬，以免得罪民族主義者的選票，也可以理解。
但即使在這樣的狀況下，《馬尼拉時報》仍然在5/10就發表社論談及此漁船槍擊案。
《馬尼拉時報》成立至今已超過一百年，是菲國發行量最大的報紙；且其立場對台灣較友好，曾呼籲協助台灣加入國際組織，也反對菲國政府和中國升高對立。
該報的這篇社論，代表菲國媒體中存在著理性的聲音，他們從外交與國際關係的高度看待此事，主張政府應該透明調查此事，追究真兇責任，並與台灣洽簽海洋協議解決此問題，以免危及菲國利益。
當然，一些菲國網友的立場就比較民粹些，會強烈主張自己的領海主權。但當中也不乏理性呼籲的聲音。
比較令我意外的是，我發現一些不知是台灣網友或是中國網民竟然跑到菲國媒體網頁去留言，和菲國人民對辯。這些網友也不能排除當中可能存在中共的「五毛黨」或台灣的國民黨網軍。
其中，中共的五毛黨疑似偽裝成台灣網友的口吻在與菲國人民對嗆，似乎有意用此種方式挑撥菲律賓與台灣的雙邊關係，以達到各個擊破之目的。
對照近日台灣媒體群情激憤的同時，中國媒體竟然也高調放話介入，顯然大吃台灣主權豆腐，不免讓人憂心，中共無所不用其極想要透過此種手段製造事端，通吃海權利益，順便併吞台灣。
我認為這是非同小可之事。因為中共五毛黨和台灣國民黨網軍如果連海外英文媒體都要去滲透，必定會被這些國家人民給警覺，引發猜忌，不利區域和平穩定之外，更可能導致美國被捲入，美中之間被迫打一場戰爭，並引發世界大戰。
此次台灣政府擺出強硬姿態確有必要，但不可拖太久，一定要儘快透過談判手段速戰速決，避免台菲雙邊關係產生長久實質損害，方為上策。
對台灣的利益來說，此事處理的最高原則，是要避免中共取得任何介入台菲爭議的機會，務必要果斷俐落，快速和菲國達成雙邊協議；台灣不應在談判桌上過於斤斤計較，應該見好就收，趁著國際大勢仍然對台灣有利時，趕快先解決雙邊衝突的因子，讓中共來不及拿出「兩岸共同出兵保南海」之類的政策，就先兵不血刃幫台灣化解一個潛在的敵人，這才是最正確的作法。
之前馬英九談成《台日漁權協議》後，菲國有識之士注意到這也會是解決台菲雙邊領海爭議的有效模式，因此台灣應該打鐵趁熱，趕緊和菲律賓簽下協議，同時最好開始和菲律賓洽談FTA的可能性；如此則中共將無機會離間台菲關係。而萬一中菲之間因黃岩島開戰，台灣也才不會被中共強硬捲入爭端。
此外，一旦台菲關係穩定互惠的大架構確立之後，中共在南海將更不敢輕舉妄動，如此也有助於確保南海的穩定和平，也有助於確保台灣在太平島的戰略安全態勢。
2013-05-13 下午4:44 初稿 05-14 修
