INQUIRER.net: Gov’t to ensure US will pay for Tubbataha damage

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Gov't to ensure US will pay for Tubbataha damage Apr 2nd 2013, 22:51 MANILA, Philippines—The government will make sure the United States makes good on its pledge to compensate the Philippines for the damage inflicted by a US Navy ship on the Tubbataha Reef marine sanctuary, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday.   Salvage operations to remove the USS Guardian, a US Navy minesweeper that got stranded on the protected area on Jan. 17, were completed on Saturday, or more than two months later.   According to Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez, the foreign office's spokesperson, because the issue involved another country, even though communications would go through the Department of Foreign Affairs, the work of ... Keep on reading: Gov't to ensure US will pay for Tubbataha damage Media files: uss-guardian-salvaged.jpg (image/jpeg)

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