MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine Supreme Court justice launched a book on Thursday that questions China’s historic claims to most of the South China Sea and said he will distribute it online to try to overcome China’s censorship and reach its people. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said his e-book can be […]

A Philippine Supreme Court justice on Thursday launched a book that questions China’s historic claims to most of the South China Sea and said he would distribute it online to try to overcome China’s censorship and reach its people. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said his ebook can be downloaded for free in […]

The shorelines were turquoise and the seas were calm as HMCS Ottawa entered the South China Sea to come alongside Malaysia. Travelling in consort with HMCS Winnipeg, Ottawa is deployed for Poseidon Cutlass 17-1 to bolster Canadian diplomatic engagement and defence relations while developing their sailors in a world entirely new to most onboard. The […]

Asean (the Association of South-east Asian nations) has let itself down again for buckling under external pressure and whitewashing the chairman’s statement of the 30th Asean Summit, which concluded in Manila over the weekend. Not for the first time, territorial disputes in the South China Sea were the spoiler. The Philippines’ decision to distance the […]

Through his new e-book on the South China Sea dispute, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio hopes to convince the Chinese that China’s 9-dash line is baseless MANILA, Philippines – For more than 5 years, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has lectured before mostly Filipino students and academics to debunk China’s claim over […]

HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam adamantly opposes and rejects China’s unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea from May 1 to August 16, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng told the media at a regular press conference yesterday. She elaborated that “Việt Nam has sufficient legal foundation and historical evidence testifying to its […]

SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – For more than 5 years, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has lectured before mostly Filipino students and academics to debunk China’s claim over the disputed South China Sea.  More than 140 lectures and speeches later, Carpio published an e-book hoping his words can influence a most critical audience: […]

Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday launched an electronic book aimed at educating the Filipino people and the rest of the world about the South China Sea dispute. Titled “Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea: The South China Sea Dispute,” the 264-page e-book is a compilation of Carpio’s […]

Asean (the Association of South-east Asian nations) has let itself down again for buckling under external pressure and whitewashing the chairman’s statement of the 30th Asean Summit, which concluded in Manila over the weekend. Not for the first time, territorial disputes in the South China Sea were the spoiler. The Philippines’ decision to distance the […]