16 foreign armed forces helping PHBy Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
A FIRST FOR SINO SHIP Peace Ark, a Chinese Navy hospital ship, leaves a base in Zhoushan, east of Shanghai, for a relief mission to the typhoon-devastated Philippines. It is considered the first Chinese Navy ship to enter Philippine waters with Manila’s “consent†since the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea between the two countries ensued. AP/EUGENE HOSHIKO
Friends in good times and bad.
This was how the Australian defense attaché summed up Thursday the Multinational Coordinating Council (MNCC) of the Philippine government and the armed forces of 16 countries working together for faster and more efficient distribution of relief to the survivors of Supertyphoon “Yolanda†in the Eastern Visayas.
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