MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat of “war” against Canada for supposedly dumping their garbage in the Philippines was only a “figure of speech,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. “It’s a figure of speech meant to dramatize his extreme displeasure. But if it were me, I would run after the importer of those garbage,” he told reporters on Wednesday night. ADVERTISEMENTEarlier this week, Duterte warned of war if Canada won’t take back its trash which was shipped in batches to Manila almost six years ago. I’ll give a warning to Canada maybe next week that they better pull that thing out or I will set sail doon sa Canada, ibuhos ko yang basura nila doon,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 25, 2019 07:41 UTC