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The South China Sea Arbitration: the Philippines’ Nicaraguan moment

    By ROMEL REGALADO BAGARES AND so the Philippines has just had its Nicaraguan moment as it clinched a  unanimous decision in most of its 15 arbitral claims against Chinese “Nine-Dash Line” expansionism in the South China Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, in a landmark ruling released July 12 on the case In

The South China Sea Arbitration: the Philippines’ Nicaraguan moment

Primer on the PH-China Arbitration

Prepared by the Office of Representative Harry L. Roque Jr. Former Professor of International Law and Constitutional Law, University of the Philippines, College of Law, Former Director, Institute of International Legal Studies, UP Law, Center Vice-President for Southeast Asia and member, Executive Council, Asian Society of International Law Introduction The purpose of this primer is to inform the

Primer on the PH-China Arbitration

The pitfalls of joint development of Spratlys with China

     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

The pitfalls of joint development of Spratlys with China

Boost military defenses ahead of South China Sea ruling — Enrile

By BRYAN EZRA GONZALES WEEKS before a ruling is expected on the arbitration case of the Philippines at The Hague, a senator is urging the youth to pressure the government to boost the country’s defense capabilities. “This century will not be a peaceful century,” Senate Minority Floor Leader Juan Ponce Enrile said, referring to escalating tensions

Boost military defenses ahead of South China Sea ruling — Enrile

Duterte’s cinematic solution to South China Sea conflict

      By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS  DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed solution to the South China territorial conflict would make thrilling action-packed movie scene. In a speech before travel executives at the MOA-SMX last Friday (and in all his rally speches) Duterte said, “I will ask the Navy to bring me to the

Duterte’s cinematic solution to South China Sea conflict

China  not ruling out South China Sea ADIZ

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE reply of China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying to the question whether China plans to declare an air defense identification zone over parts of the South China Sea, after commercial aircrafts conducted two test flights in Fiery Cross Reef, was most unsettling. She didn’t confirm nor did she deny the

China  not ruling out South China Sea ADIZ

PH, Vietnam to hold naval drills, scientific research in South China Sea

(On Tuesday, Nov. 17, on the sidelines of the 23rd APEC Leaders Meeting, President Aquino and Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will hold bilateral talks in Malacanang. They will finally be signing the  “Joint Statement on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Republic of the Philippines and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” which

PH, Vietnam to hold naval drills, scientific research in South China Sea

South China Sea looms large even if not in APEC 2015 agenda

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS SOUTH China Sea looms large even if it is not in the agenda of the 23rd meeting of  the  leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Manila on Nov. 18 and 19. Foreign Undersecretary Lula del Rosario, chair of the APEC 2015 Senior Officials Meetings, which did all the

South China Sea looms large even if not in APEC 2015 agenda

UN Arbitral Panel Rules In Favor of the Philippines: Now What?

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario’s dogged determination to pursue the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea dispute through the rule of law has proven his approach correct. The court ruled that the case was “properly constituted” under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, that China’s “non-appearance” (i.e., refusal to participate) did not

UN Arbitral Panel Rules In Favor of the Philippines: Now What?

 The U.N. Arbitral Tribunal decision on PH case vs China

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS NO amount of China’s protestation that the Oct 29 decision of the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal is “null and void” and it has “no binding effect” on them, cancels the fact that it’s a major blow to them. Filipinos, on the other hand, should understand that the U.N. Arbitral Court’s decision,

 The U.N. Arbitral Tribunal decision on PH case vs China