Duterte’s Stance Uncertain Over Foreign Environment Funding

In May, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sent his youngest son, Sebastian Duterte, and assistant Christopher “Bong” Go jet skiing in Benham Rise, a 13 million-hectare underwater plateau 250 km east of the Philippines which Manila claims and is believed to be rich in natural gas and marine resources.

The act, which many criticized as a publicity stunt…