FACT CHECK: Role of the Murillo Velarde map in the 2016 arbitral award NEEDS CONTEXT
Mel Velarde’s claim on the role of the 1734 Murillo Velarde map in affirming the Philippines' sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea needs context.
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Ways to make China comply if U.N. ruling on SCS favors PH
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Philippines is not exactly helpless if the United Nations Arbitral Court decides in our favor in the case we filed against China and China ignores it. The Hague-based U.N. Artbitral Court is expected to decide on the case on July 7. In Jan. 2013, the Philippine asked the U.N.
