The delivery could take place as early as next week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA - The Philippines will send more supplies to a remote outpost on a reef in the disputed South China Sea as early as next week, a military commander said on Thursday, days after Chinese boats disrupted a delivery.China Coast Guard ships blocked and fired water cannon at Philippine coast guard vessels
A handful of marines are based on a World War II-vintage ship called the BRP Sierra Madre, which was deliberately grounded on the submerged reef in 1999 to check China’s advance in the hotly contested waters. The tiny garrison depends on regular deliveries for their survival. Mr Carlos said they would use the same charter boats as last Saturday, adding that he hoped there would not be another water cannoning incident.Second Thomas Shoal is about 200km from Palawan, and more than 1,000km from China’s nearest major landmass, Hainan island.
Philippine military Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner said on Thursday during a visit to the Western Command in Palawan that the country needed to boost its presence in the waters.
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