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    Defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud

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    June 11, 2020
    Author
    Associated Press (AP)
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    SS20200611_4
    Excerpt
    The Philippine defense chief and top military officials flew to a disputed island in the South China Sea on Tuesday, June 9, to inaugurate a beach ramp built to allow the “full-blast” development of the territory in a move likely to infuriate China. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana brought journalists to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the island, internationally called Thitu, in what he said was a milestone in efforts to make the island, long occupied by Filipino forces and fishermen, more livable without militarizing it. The island, which Filipinos call Pag-asa, or hope, lies near one of China’s man-made islands in the Spratlys, the most hotly contested area of the South China Sea.
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    Defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud. (2020, June 11). SunStar Davao, p. 4.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/8911
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    Subject
    Disputes; Fishers; Territorial waters; Military operations; Department of National Defense (DND); Lorenzana, Delfin; Duterte, Rodrigo; South China Sea; Phiippines; Thitu Island; Pag-asa Island; Spratly Island; Manila; Beijing; Sandy Cay
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