President Rodrigo Duterte said a statement he made during the campaign period that he would jet-ski to areas in the West Philippine Sea being claimed by China to plant the Philippine flag there was just a joke.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.  PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

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