PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has declared that he still trusted China amid claims that it was capable of controlling the Philippines' power grid.

Speaking to reporters in Malacañang on Thursday night, Duterte said he did not see China's co-ownership of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) as a threat to national security.

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