Malacanang clarifies Duterte's statement over China fishing in PH economic zone

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo clarifies that President Duterte meant he cannot ban Chinese from fishing in Philippine’s EEZ because the two countries are friends.

Fishermen setting out nets. Illegal fishing has decreased from the lawless heyday of the 1990s and 2000s, but enforcing the law is still difficult. Source: The New York Times