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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Department of Energy to allow oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government has also chosen a service contractor to do the oil and gas exploration, and eyeing another firm to do more exploration in the area. “Inaasahan na magtutuloy ngayon ang paghahanap ng langis at natural gas diyan sa West Philippine […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the signing of the memorandum of agreement on oil and gas development between the Philippines and China was a “clear act of treason.” “…(It is a) blatant betrayal of the sovereign rights and national patrimony of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” he said. For one, he said the MOU “waste basket” the international arbitral ruling that nullified China’s excessive claims in the South […]
