Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday said the Philippines should seek another arbitral case to oblige China to agree to ground rules in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and claim damages for the losses incurred by Filipino fishermen. “What we can do is to bring another case to compel China to agree to ground rules. And also, we would quantify the losses of our fishermen because they cannot freely fish there. We will quantify the losses and claim damages,” said Carpio in an interview with ANC’s “Headstart.” Carpio made the remark days after China again insisted that the shoal, which it refers to as Huangyan Dao, is its “inherent territory.”

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