Duterte orders navy to fire on foreign poachers in Philippine waters

Mongabay
Feb 14, 2018, 6:34 am148 pts
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has called on the navy to shoot at foreign ships suspected of extracting natural resources from his country’s exclusive maritime territory. Duterte made the statement Feb. 9 at a news conference where he addressed the Southeast Asian nation’s rights to Benham…

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