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US Pays Out 'Peanuts' for Eco-Crime Committed in Philippines
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/18/us-pays-out-peanuts-eco-crime-committed-philippines
Jan. 28, 2013 photo shoes the USS Guardian in the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea.
US Pays Out 'Peanuts' for Eco-Crime Committed in Philippines
Andrea Germanos
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The United States was required to pay just a paltry amount for an environmental crime and violation of the Philippines' sovereignty.
That's what critics are saying of the U.S. payout to the Philippines as compensation for damages a U.S. Navy minesweeper caused to a World Heritage-listed coral reef two years ago.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement Wednesday that the Philippine government received on January 20, 2015 the full amount requested from the United States—$1.9 million—as compensation.
But Philippines-based environmental activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said that amount is inadequate, as their studies have indicated that $17-27 million is order to cover environmental rehabilitation for the reef.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Guardian_%28MCM-5%29