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Benham Rise renamed PH Rise
President Duterte signed Executive Order 25 last May 16 renaming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. The EO states that the 24-million hectare continental shelf located well within the country’s exclusive economic zone is ...
- May 23, 2017
Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act
China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...
- April 30, 2018
Writ of Kalikasan
The Supreme Court's Writ of Kalikasan is a relatively new item in the judiciary's arsenal of weapons, along with the Writ of Amparo. This writ or court order is seldom used, and most of the time the Supreme Court issues ...
- May 7, 2019
What's going on in Benham Rise?
The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...
- January 29, 2018
Fishermen and Duterte
The Pambansang Pamalakaya ng Pilipinas has found a reason to be excited recent pronouncements and actions by President Rodrigo Duterte on the issue of the fishing, especially in traditional Filipino fishing grounds such ...
- May 30, 2016
Carpio: Duterte's statement on passage of foreign ships violates UNCLOS
Following reports by the military two weeks ago about five Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters, President Duterte last Tuesday issued a statement requiring all foreign vessels to notify Philippine authorities ...
- August 23, 2019
Duterte to discuss arbitral ruling with China
President Duterte yesterday said he would visit China later this month to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that favored the Philippines and voided China's claim ...
- August 7, 2019
Aquino: Scarborough still part of PH territory
President Aquino yesterday said the Scarborough Shoal is within the Philippine's 200 mile exclusive economic zone which means that it is very much part of the country. Aquino talked about the geographical location of ...
- May 27, 2016
Non-war options
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, responding to a challenge by President Rodrigo Duterte, has itemized several options the Chief Executive may take to enforce the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The ...
- July 17, 2019
US envoy: China, not US, to blame for WPS tension
US Ambassador Sung Kim said Beijing, not Washington, is to blame for the militarization of the West Philippine Sea. Ki made the remark in response to a request for comment on President Duterte's statement that Washington ...
- December 20, 2018