Aquino: Philippines may send ships back to Scarborough

Aquino: Philippines may send ships back to Scarborough:

Aquino: Philippines may send ships back to Scarborough


MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday he would send ships back to a disputed shoal once stormy weather clears, if ships from China have not left the area by then.

Government ships from the two countries have squared off for more than two months at the Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground off the northwestern Philippines claimed by both countries.

The Philippines announced over the weekend it would withdraw its remaining two ships because of bad weather e...

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