TWO US warships arrived in Manila on Wednesday for a scheduled port visit, passing through the disputed territories in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

Several officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) like Lt. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, commanding general of the Philippine Army; Maj. Gen. Fernando Trinidad, AFP deputy chief of staff for intelligence; Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., AFP deputy chief of staff for plans; National Security Council officials; and personnel from the US Embassy boarded the Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill that docked in Manila Bay.

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