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Testing the waters
With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...
- July 19, 2020
'Duterte can still fulfill vow to raise SCS arbitral ruling
In the last few years of his term, President Duterte can still fulfill his promise to the Filipino people to raise the UN arbitral tribunal award in the Philippines’s case against China on the South China Sea—this time, ...
- July 15, 2020
'In effect, but undeclared'
China has been imposing air, and even maritime, travel restrictions against other countries, especially the weaker ones that include the Philippines, in the South China Sea (SCS) for years, but has not officially declared ...
- July 4, 2020
China blasts U.S. joint carrier exercises in South China Sea
China on Monday accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two US aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian ...
- July 8, 2020
'After raising Unclos Award, PHL should move more on WPS
President Duterte should follow up on his invocation at the United Nations of the 2016 Unclos Award to the Philippines with more concrete actions that build on the momentum from countries in the Asean, the United States ...
- December 22, 2020
U.S. shift in South China Sea raises risk of clash on water
The Trump administration’s move to brand most of Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea a violation of international law doesn’t mean much on its own: China has repeatedly refused to acknowledge the 2016 tribunal ruling ...
- July 16, 2020
PHL's future floats in the West Philippine Sea
The waters of the South China Sea are home to a dizzying array of marine resources, ranging from vast oil and gas reserves deep beneath the surface, to the complex and beautiful ecosystems capable of supporting international ...
- July 16, 2020
‘China owes us ₧33B in annual marine loss’
Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio flatly dismissed Monday China’s claims that it owns the West Philippine Sea (WPS), as well as the whole South China Sea since ancient times. This, as former Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- June 9, 2020
PHL in fine balance between US, China in S. China Sea-DND
The country is protecting and keeping its stake in the West Philippine Sea by balancing its relationship with superpowers in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. He said this as the ...
- August 11, 2020
Someone to watch over me
Amid the vast expanse of territorial sea waters that it protects and the country’s claims of some parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) being aggressively challenged, primarily by China, the Philippine Navy (PN) is stepping ...
- June 6, 2020