MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday defended the local officials of Kalayaan, Palawan, after being banned from entering China over their municipal council’s resolutions declaring their ambassador persona non grata. “I will go there myself, then [China] should ban me,” Remulla told the Inquirer in a text message. “The Kalayaan Group of Islands is part of our territorial waters. We have been inhabiting it for over a century. In fact, it has its own LGU (local government unit). I will pay them a visit soon to reinvigorate our sovereign claim,” he added. READ: China bars Philippine local […]... Keep on reading: DILG chief defends Kalayaan local execs who were banned in China