Title:

 Filipino troops ready for ‘worst-case’ in dispute with China

Author:

Julie M. Aurelio and Tarra Quismundo

Source:

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Date:

February 21, 2016

Description:

FORT GREGORIO DEL PILAR, Philippines—The chief of the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Palawan-based Filipino troops had planned for “the worst-case scenario” and were monitoring China’s reported deployment of surface-to-air missiles in the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.