ONBOARD BRP DAVAO DEL SUR: President Rodrigo Duterte will still allow the "strict" enforcement of commercial fishing in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) even after he declared the 13-million hectare undersea region a marine protected area.

Duterte made the remark on Tuesday, after he signed the proclamation during the sendoff ceremony for the 50 Filipino scientists who would conduct marine research in the underwater region off the coast of Aurora.

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