MANILA, Philippines—Chinese ships are still in the Ayungin Shoal but the Philippines will continue to maintain its presence there as well, despite limited forces and resources, to assert its own territorial claim to the resource-rich area in the West Philippine Sea. The military will "continuously monitor our good friends in the area with what is available with my command and we provide the reports to the national leadership for their appreciation," said Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero, chief of the Armed Forces Western Command. "We will not leave Ayungin," Guerrero said. The Philippines has marked its territorial claim over Ayungin with the...
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