Challenging overseas Filipinos
"All of them have moving and inspiring stories." Last weekend, I attended the graduation ceremonies in The Hague, ...
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A snowball’s chance in hell
"This complaint is more a political move than a solid legal case." Will Chinese President Xi Jinping ever ...
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Mladic awaits fate in UN cell
THE HAGUE"•For the past six years, home for the man who once commanded fear across a swathe of Bosnia has ...
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Playing our cards right
The Philippines won The Hague arbitration ruling in Manila’s challenge of Beijing’s sweeping claim in the South China Sea. We ...
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Duterte, the ICC, and Asean
People in the Philippines are divided over the significance of the latest development in The Hague where Filipino lawyer Jude ...
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China seals area for war games
BEIJING will close off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, Chinese officials said Monday, after ...
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Threat to Sierra Madre investigated
A DAY before a UN arbitration court releases its ruling on the West Philippine Sea dispute, the Department of Foreign ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.