THE Philippine government sees nothing “objectionable” with a US destroyer sailing near China’s man-made islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a Palace official said on Friday.

Quoting Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said the US move was part of its right to freedom of navigation.

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