DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson has publicly questioned whether Davao 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte are “pro-China,” escalating a political firestorm over defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro’s call for officials sympathetic to China to resign amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Teodoro on Aug. 7 said elected officials who do not support the government’s position d…
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