RP pulls out vessels from Scarborough
06/17/2012President Aquino has ordered all Philippine vessels engaged in a maritime standoff with China to pull out from the disputed Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal, citing bad weather, a Foreign Affairs official said.
Aquino ordered a Coast Guard patrol vessel and a fisheries bureau survey ship out of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday night, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday said.
“Last night, President Aquino ordered both of our ships to return to port due to increasing bad weather,” he said in a statement.
“When weather improves, a re-evaluation will be made,” Del Rosario added.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120617hea3.html
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