FOLLOWING President Rodrigo Duterte’s state visit to China, Chinese Coast Guard ships are no longer in the waters around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, Malacañang announced on Friday.

Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella told reporters Filipino fishermen have been fishing at Panatag Shoal in the past three days without interference from the Chinese Coast Guard.

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