MALACAÑANG on Monday, Jan. 15, defended the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) allowing a Chinese entity to conduct a study in Benham Rise. “The President implements the law. When the law talks of sovereign rights, that includes the sovereign decision to share the sovereign rights with others. And this has been decided already by the Supreme Court in La Bugal,” Presidential Spokesperson Herminio Harry L. Roque said at a press briefing. — A.L. Balinbin
