Ratcheting up trouble in the South China Sea
"Has Secretary Lorenzana become the unofficial mouthpiece of the US embassy?" We should stop referring to that portion of ...
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Duterte won’t ignore Hague ruling
President Rodrigo Duterte, appearing tough on the international arbitral ruling against China in 2016, told his fellow Southeast Asian leaders ...
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Where were you on July 12, 2016?
"That was the day the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in our favor." It has become common for people ...
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Did we lose the PCA arbitration case?
In 2014, two years after it lost possession of Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal in a two-month standoff, the Philippines haled China ...
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Landmark ruling upholds Unclos as charter of oceans
SUPREME Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday lauded the landmark decision rendered by an international tribunal at The ...
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