China denies coral damage; DOJ, SolGen to talk WPS case

“We urge relevant parties of the Philippines to stop creating a political drama from fiction,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

However, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said he and lawyers from the Department of Justice will meet with the Office of the Solicitor General to discuss the strategy and legal options the government can take against China for the destruction of coral reefs in the waterway The Philippines has “a moral responsibility to pursue the destruction of the environment as a task for the good of humanity,” Remulla added.

However, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. denied that the Philippines made such a promise to China and said if there were such an agreement he would rescind it immediately. Meanwhile, Senator Francis Tolentino said the Senate is ready to augment the budget of the Department of Science and Technology if it can study the destruction of coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea.

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