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PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan — Some 60 hungry and dehydrated Philippine Coast guard personnel returned home to Palawan aboard BRP Teresa Magbanua , ending a five-month stalemate with Chinese forces in Escoda Shoal .But Philippine Coast Guard officials were quick to say the reason for the pullout was humanitarian rather than political. BREAKING: BRP Teresa Magbanua returns to Palawan wirh hungy and dehydrated personnel.
The Magbanua sustained structural damages when China Coast Guard vessels deliberately rammed the vessel on August 31.Sources say the ship’s crew subsisted on rice porridge for three weeks and had run out of food two days prior to their return.The ship also reportedly ran out of drinking water.China Coast Guard vessels shadowed BRP Teresa Magbanua when it pulled out from Escoda Shoal.
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