PH ship ends watch on flashpoint reef

by Kristina Maralit - Franco Jose C. Baroña - Agence France-Presse

Sep 16, 2024 12:10 am

A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) vessel that spent five months anchored at the disputed Escoda Shoal in the South China Sea has left the area, Philippine officials said Sunday.

The BRP Teresa Magbanua had been anchored inside the shoal since April to assert Manila's claims to the area and prevent China from seizing it.

BACK TO PORT This handout photo from the Philippine Coast Guard taken and received on Sept. 15, 2024, shows the BRP Teresa Magbanua as it arrives at a port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. AFP PHOTO

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