RP warship in standoff with Chinese ships By Mario J. Mallari and Michaela P. del Callar 04/12/2012

NAVY FLAGSHIP FAILS TO SCARE OFF CHINA’S SURVEILLANCE VESSELS

RP warship in standoff with Chinese ships

By Mario J. Mallari and Michaela P. del Callar 04/12/2012

The Philippines’ biggest warship was locked in a standoff yesterday with two Chinese ships in the South China Sea, reigniting tensions in a decades-long dispute over the resource-rich waters.

But the country’s Navy’s flagship, BRP Gregorio del Pilar, failed to scare off the Chinese surveillance ships during a standoff along the disputed Scarborough Shoal, Panatag Shoal to the Philippines and Huangyan Island to China Tuesday.

The BRP Gregorio del Pilar was blocked by two Chinese maritime surveillance ships after the PN’s flagship caught eight Chinese fishing vessels with giant clams, live sharks, corals and other endangered marine species on Monday..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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