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Category: South China Sea: Waters of Contention

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  • Mga kalituhan tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea
    Categories Podcast South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    Mga kalituhan tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 19, 2022 7:00 AM

    Sa ika-pitong episode ng What the F?! podcast ng VERA Files, alamin ang mga tamang impormasyon tungkol sa mga kalituhan at disinformation tungkol sa arbitral award na nakamit ng Pilipinas noong 2016.

    #WhatTheF?! podcast, 2016 Arbitral Award, arbitral win, South China Sea, west philippine sea

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Anim na maling kuro-kuro tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Six misconceptions about the Philippines’ arbitral award on the South China Sea

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 13, 2022 11:39 AM

    Six years after the Philippines’ arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread.

    2016 Arbitral Award, South China Sea, west philippine sea

  • Categories Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    Energy crisis looms as PH drops joint oil and gas exploration with China 

    By Theresa Martelino-Reyes  |  Jun 26, 2022 11:27 AM

    Hopes for joint oil and gas exploration between the Philippines and China, especially in the disputed Recto (Reed) Bank, have been shattered with the termination of bilateral talks, leaving it up to the incoming administration to possibly breathe life into them and prevent a debilitating energy crisis in the country.  President Rodrigo Duterte issued the […]

    PH-China joint oil exploration, PH-China MOU on oil and gas exploration

  • vffc_marcos on wps_21722.jpeg
    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK PHL Vote 2022 South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. falsely claims West PH Sea dispute ‘only became an election issue’ in the May 2022 polls

    By VERA FILES  |  Feb 18, 2022 4:00 PM

    The WPS issue, including the harassment that Filipino fishermen suffer, was raised in past national elections.

    2022 elections, marcos, PHVOTE2022, west philippine sea

  • thumbnail_fc-duterte-pcoo-pixALONZO_09222021-24.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Once more, Duterte changes tune on importance of PCA award

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 24, 2021 11:00 AM

    Virtually speaking before world leaders, President Rodrigo Duterte again sang a different tune on Wednesday, positively this time, when he declared that no country can “diminish” the importance of the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in favor of the Philippines against China.

    Duterte, PCA, Permanent Court of Arbitration

  • thumbnail_marcoleta_carpio-wps.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta makes two inaccurate claims on former SC justice Carpio, West PH Sea arbitral award

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 31, 2021 7:21 PM

    House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta claimed that former Supreme Court (SC) associate justice Antonio Carpio filed a case against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in March 2019. This is false.

    Carpio, Marcoleta, west philippine sea

  • thumbnail_This_is_figure_2_of_the__2013_UP_Asian_Center_Primer_on_the_West_Philippine_Sea.jpg
    Categories Commentary South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    Altering the Straight Lines of PD 1596 after the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award

    By Herbert A. Loja*  |  Aug 01, 2021 6:31 PM

    Five years after the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, there is renewed debate about how best to understand its impact on the Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands chain. A contentious point is the Arbitral Award’s effect on Presidential Decree 1596, issued by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1978.Recent government pronouncements on the Julian Felipe Reef question have staked continuing Philippine claim over the feature based on the Marcos decree.

    PD 1596, PH vs China Arbitral Tribunal

  • thumbnail_duterte-RODRIGUEZ_07262021-20.jpeg
    Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte is wrong; South China Sea arbitral award binds China, too

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 31, 2021 3:43 PM

    In his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed the 2016 arbitral award, which nullified China’s expansive nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea, does not bind Beijing.

    Arbitral ruling, Duterte, South China Sea

  • 1487 Hilbay.jpg
    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    A few facts about the arbitration against China

    By Florin T. Hilbay  |  Jul 03, 2021 1:50 PM

    I read with amusement and disappointment retired Justice Antonio Carpio’s 1 July 2021 piece in the Inquirer. Let me take this opportunity to point out falsehoods and inaccuracies in his story, and tell the nation a few facts about this interesting case.

    Philippines vs China Arbitral Court

  • thumbnail_vffc-ta_wps.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH didn’t ‘handpick’ entire panel in South China Sea arbitration case

    By VERA Files  |  May 27, 2021 6:32 PM

    People’s Television (PTV) News, a state-run media network, posted a misdated quote card of former ambassador Rosario Manalo, in which the latter inaccurately claimed that the Philippines “handpicked” the arbitration panel in the South China Sea maritime dispute with China.

    Arbitral Court, Permanent Court of Arbitration, South China Sea

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