MANILA, Philippines — If not for President Rodrigo Duterte’s policy on China, Malacaang said fishermen would still be unable to go to Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
This was presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s reaction to fisherman Carlo Montehermozo who expressed dismay that Duterte’s answer on how to help them fish peacefully in the West Philippine Sea in 2016 was only a “campaign joke.”
Montehermozo earlier said there are still Chinese vessels in the disputed waters who at times would shoo small fishing boats from the area.
“Carlo, unang una, ang tanong, nakakapaghanapbuhay ka ba ngayon? Hindi ba totoo na noong panahon ng administrasyong Aquino kung s…
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