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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Government must listen to its people: Primacy in our waters
Exactly three years ago, on the 12th of July 2016, the Tribunal constituted under the United Nations Convention on the ...
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Recto Bank
"A little bit of circumspection would be better." Considering the fact that I am assigned to represent the ...
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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 ...
Read morePalace plots next move in wake of UN ruling
THE Palace said Wednesday it has tapped Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Francis Jardeleza and former solicitor general Florin Hilbay ...
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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 ...
Read moreThe Unclos ruling: Law or policy?
By Rep. Harry L. Roque On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague is expected to ...
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Round 2 of maritime boxing match
Commentators on events as long and complex as the ongoing tussle between the Philippines and China are wont to borrow ...
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A relative confidence
The headlines say the Philippines has won round one. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has asserted its ...
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High noon in the high seas
Finally, after months of lip service, America has decided to sail the talk in the South China Sea. On Oct. ...
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