Full Story.Agence France-Presse on smh.com wrote:Park rangers radioed the USS Guardian to say it was nearing the Tubbataha Reef on Thursday, but the captain insisted they raise their complaint with the US embassy, Ms Songco told reporters.

Now, I don't want to cast aspersion on the US Navy of make fun of the whole organization - they've got so much firepower and so many dedicated people ready to use it, it's not even funny anymore.
And I get that US Navy ships go wherever they please as a matter of course and COs will heed any radio warning only when they decide they should. The whole superpower thing.
But the specific CO of this boat, or whoever was in charge at the time ... did he (or she) not, at the time, think "Hm, this all sounds vaguely familiar..."?
Or did he, or she, when the radio guy announced there was an important call, just wave and say "Tell 'em to call the embassy and don't bother me again."?
That is the funny, and I'd be rolling on the floor with laughter, were it not that a world-heritage site, an irreplaceable eco-system, is under severe threat from a big tin-tub full of fuel-oil.