The United States has paid the Philippines more than P87 million as compensation for the damage the USS Guardian caused the Tubbataha Reef in January 2013.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the US government has paid the “full requested amount” of P87,033,570.71 on January 20, 2015.

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