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Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday urged Malacañang to seek “economic options” in resolving the West Philippine Sea issue with China. In a statement, Sotto suggested pursuing studies on oil exploration in the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to “underscore” the 2016 arbitral ruling and “affirm” the country’s claim in the resource-rich area. This was his recommendation as he pointed out that there is no enforcing body that would implement the Philippine victory in the case it filed against China before the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration. “The public discourse over the WPS boils down to one thing:...
