From InterAksyon (Oct 1): AFP denies report that says it deployed 800 Marines to disputed territory near Palawan

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday denied a report that it deployed 800 Marines to Palawan, near the disputed Spratly Islands. Only less than 80 Marine personnel from the 3rd Marine Brigade, who arrived in Palawan last Friday, were deployed to the Western Command area, AFP spokesman Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. said. "There is no truth to the published reports that the recent deployment of 800 Philippine marines personnel in the area of the Western Command....

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