By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS and TESSA JAMANDRE Despite the presence of a high-level Philippine team at the hearing of the Philippines’ case against China before the Arbitral Tribunal of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) this week, the issue of who owns the contested islands in the South China
DESPITE Chinese requests to delay it, the Philippines is filing on March 30 its memorandum challenging before the United Nations China’s territorial claims over the South China Sea. The memorandum, called a Memorial in international law, will be filed with the Arbitral Tribunal of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at
CHINA on Tuesday announced that it returned the Philippine notification of its suit filed at a United Nations arbitral court handed to the Chinese ambassador in Manila last. Jan 22, a Xinhua report said. The report carried by China.org.cn said, “The Chinese government has rejected a Philippine move to take their dispute regarding sovereignty issues
By ROMEL R. BAGARES JUST as pundits have predicted, China soon announced it is not taking part in the arbitration proceedings initiated by the Philippines over the two countries’ territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea for the Chinese). So, what happens next – does this mean an abrupt end to the
