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Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo will assert the 2016 arbitration ruling as the anchor of the Marcos administration’s guiding principle on the South China Sea disputes at an annual regional meeting in Cambodia next week.
Senior US State Department officials have expressed hope that the agency’s detailed study concluding China’s assertions in the South China Sea are unlawful will enable other nations to push back against Beijing’s claims.
West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) Hontiveros issued the appeal as the Philippines commemorates the fifth anniversary of its victory at The Hague, which affirmed the country’s claim over the WPS. “Magtayo at padamihin na ng DND ang mga pasilidad sa mga isla natin sa WPS (The DND should build more facilities on our islands in the WPS). We need to show China that we will no longer be passive about our 2016 victory,” the opposition senator said in a statement. “We tirelessly and repeatedly invoke the Arbitral Ruling in our pronouncements, but we should also complement these words ...
"We cannot afford conflicts between neighbors." President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga This was what President Duterte told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as they discussed maritime security and safety in the Asia-Pacific region during their phone conversation on We
Atty. Joey Lina There is an overwhelming majority of Filipinos who are unwavering in their desire to see the administration assert our country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), despite some confusing statements from the office of the President. The widespread sentiment of Filipinos against Chinese intrusions in the WPS has remained strong over the years. As shown in many surveys of both Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations, seven to nearly nine out of 10 Filipinos want government to assert the Philippines’ historic victory against China in 2016 at the Permanent Court of Arbitra...