Ayungin resupply 'without incident'

(UPDATES) THE Philippines said it carried out a rotation and resupply (RoRe) to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without "untoward incidents," more than a month after a violent clash with Chinese forces in the area.

It said the mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal was the first since Manila and Beijing reached a "provisional arrangement" earlier this month for the delivery of daily necessities and rotation missions for Filipino troops based on the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusty warship grounded atop the reef.