Maritime council backs Teodoro amid China ban

THE National Maritime Council (NMC) expressed support for Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. amid the sanctions imposed by the Chinese government against him and his family. In a statement released Sunday, the NMC reiterated that Teodoro was merely carrying out his “duties in accordance with law and established Philippine policy” in repeatedly asserting the country’s sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “His statements and actions concerning the West Phi