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Duterte says PHL seeking to “improve collective capacity to manage, protect marine resource”

  (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 27, said  the Philippines was seeking to “improve our collective capacity to manage and protect marine resource.” Duterte made the remark before world leaders at the second Belt and Road forum in Beijing, China after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said the Philippines would declare Pagasa Island as a marine protected environment. China has sent vessels near the island, a move the Philippines has denounced via a […]