In a report by GMA News’ Jam Sisante, Romana said the Department of Energy and Department of Foreign Affairs had been studying the prospect of jointly exploring with Beijing the disputed waters.
“The basic challenge here is how to do it, whether with a US company or a British company or a Chinese company, so that you can have a joint venture or a joint development, whatever you want to call it, that is in line our constitutional requirements,” Sta. Romana said at a news forum.