Via inquirerdotnet Last week, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China, both countries agreed to create an intergovernmental steering committee that would supervise the projects. Read more:
“We’re going to have to do it [oil and gas exploration] with China unless other people step up the way Shell stepped up in Malampaya,” Locsin said during the House hearing on 2020 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs .Last week, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China, both countries agreed to create an intergovernmental steering committee that would supervise the projects.Locsin said that the explorations would only tap private firms from both China and the Philippines.
“I don’t know what China wants to do about that, but that’s their problem… That is no reason for us to not move forward on other fronts that are of mutual benefit to our countries,” Locsin said.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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