
Shipwreck Has US in Hot Water with the Philippines
(LinkAsia: 2/22/13) Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines is UNESCO's only Marine World Heritage Site in Southeast Asia. That's why the outcry was so severe when an American minesweeper ship, the USS Guardian, ran aground on the reef and became completely stuck. Contributor Noel Tarrazona reports from Mindanao on social media reactions and the political consequences of this fiasco.