Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Carpio, one of the leading figures in the Philippines’ arbitration victory against China, said Thursday that the ruling may be enforced without China’s participation. In a forum marking the second anniversary of the landmark The Hague ruling, Carpio cited ways how it can be done: “First, the Philippines and Vietnam […]

The video shows China’s effective control and occupation of Scarborough Shoal, says Filipino maritime law expert Jay Batongbacal MANILA, Philippines – The China Coast Guard has been habitually taking the catch of Filipino fishermen in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the coast of Zambales province, videos show. GMA News obtained a mobile phone video of men […]

Since the Duterte administration has chosen to set aside the enforcement of the Award, the task of keeping alive the Award within our country has fallen on people like you and me Remarks delivered during the Kasarinlan Foreign Policy Forum of Senator Risa Hontiveros on July 9, 2018 in Manila. The Award issued by the […]

MANILA – Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday said the Philippines can enforce its arbitration victory against China without the latter’s participation by entering into sea boundary agreements with other Southeast Asian nations. “The Philippines and Vietnam can enter into a sea boundary agreement of their overlapping extended continental shelves beyond the Spratlys,” Carpio […]

Some 73 percent of Filipinos believe the Duterte administration should exercise sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea, the latest Pulse Asia survey shows. This was down from 84 percent in December 2016, two years after a United Nations tribunal ruled in the Philippines’ favor by finding China’s claims over the West Philippine Sea to be […]

Amid growing concerns over the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, it’s a fine time for the top brass of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to go back to the drawing board and rethink their mindset in dealing with the country’s security problems. “It’s about time to reset the thinking of the leadership […]

The release of a new defense strategy paper by New Zealand, marking a shift towards greater coordination with the US and Australia on security issues, prompted a stern response from Beijing on Monday. While Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have made efforts to steer clear of criticizing China by name when […]

China has hit back at New Zealand over an official defence strategy paper, which named it as a threat. Defence Minister Ron Mark’s rebooted Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released on Friday, explicitly states the threat it believes China poses to the international community. Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have often been […]

MANILA – If care is taken to preserve it, there is still hope that an international court’s 2016 ruling in a case filed by the Philippines against China over their maritime disputes in the South China Sea can yield fruit, advocates of Manila’s sovereign rights in sea said Thursday. READ: Arbitral court’s ruling on Philippines […]

Let’s attempt to clear up the smoke on the China-Philippine conflict over territorial waters and atolls in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) by adding more conflicting arguments because it is, ironically, only when we juxtapose opposing sides of an issue that we see the truth. No other side but our side. The conflict […]