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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang DFA Usec ay gumawa ng maling pahayag tungkol sa desisyon ng SC sa South China Sea exploration deal

By VERA Files | Jun 03, 2023 5:23 PM

Sinabi ni retired associate justice Antonio Carpio na mayroong “malaking pagkakaiba” sa pagitan ng pambansang teritoryo at ng EEZ. “Ang isang estado ay may sovereignty sa kanyang pambansang teritoryo ngunit mayroon lamang mga sovereign right sa kanyang EEZ,” paliwanag niya.

exclusive economic zone, JMSU, west philippine sea

News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

SC declares unconstitutional a joint exploration deal by PH, China and Vietnam in the South China Sea

By Ellen Tordesillas | Jan 10, 2023 11:47 PM

The Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional today a 2005 agreement on joint exploration by the Philippines, China, and Vietnam of an area in the disputed South China Sea.

JMSU, South China Sea

Commentary South China Sea: Waters of Contention

China’s critical study on South China Sea Arbitration Award

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jul 24, 2018 11:12 PM

Months before the second anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal’s decision on the case filed by the Philippines to nullify China’s nine-dash line map and other issues in the South China Sea, China commissioned a study which was completed in December 2017.

Arbitral Tribunal, JMSU

Commentary

Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Mar 09, 2018 4:03 PM

It’s good that President Duterte has Harry Roque with him as he seems to have been convinced by China to start the joint exploration in Reed Bank also known as Recto Bank – an undertaking that China had been wanting to do and had been generous with its enticement to the Philippine government.

JMSU, PH-China joint exploration, Recto Bank, Reed Bank

Commentary

Recalling JMSU

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Apr 27, 2017 11:13 PM

The Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking, JMSU for short, is back in the news.

JMSU, South China Sea, spratlys

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

The pitfalls of joint development of Spratlys with China

Jul 11, 2016 5:06 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IT’S best that Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. study carefully the intricacies of joint exploration with China so he can advise President Rodrigo Duterte to go slow about it. Yasay, in his clarification about what he said in an interview with Agence France Presse last week, said, ““As the […]

JMSU, Scarborough shoal, South China Sea, spratlys, U.N. Arbitral Court