Tag: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

United we stand, divided we fall. This adage has been attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop. But there’s a similar phrase in the Bible: “And...

Even as China says it’s committed to dialogue on WPS BERLIN— Amid Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos assured Filipinos in Germany...

"Has Secretary Lorenzana become the unofficial mouthpiece of the US embassy?"   We should stop referring to that portion of the Spratly as ours because of...

President Rodrigo Duterte, appearing tough on the international arbitral ruling against China in 2016, told his fellow Southeast Asian leaders Thursday the determination by...

"That was the day the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in our favor."   It has become common for people to pose the question “Where were...

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In 2014, two years after it lost possession of Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal in a two-month standoff, the Philippines haled China to the Permanent Court...

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