Philippines opens school on disputed island | Asia News – Politics, Media, Education | Asian Correspondent
AP News Jun 24, 2012
MANILA,
Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says he has opened a small
kindergarten school on a South China Sea island that is also claimed by
five other countries.
Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon said
Sunday that his aim was to help the 37-hectare (91-acre) island’s
civilian community and not to antagonize rival claimant countries. The
school was inaugurated without fanfare on June 15 with five students,
their parents and a teacher. A Philippine flag fluttered in the breeze
in the schoolyard.
The Philippines calls the island Pag-asa — or “hope” in Tagalog. It is guarded by Filipino troops.
It is part of the Spratlys archipelago. China, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam also claim the islands.
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