Ang Ayungin Shoal, kilala internationally bilang Second Thomas Shoal at ng China bilang Ren'ai Reef, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, ayon sa desisyon noong Hulyo 12, 2016 ng isang ad-hoc tribunal sa ilalim ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
Ayungin Shoal, internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal and called Ren’ai Reef by China, is part of the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf of the Philippines, according to the July 12, 2016 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
A Filipino FB page is claiming that China will attack any U.S. aircraft that will dare to fly over the South China Sea. This is not true.
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.
After Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency on June 30, inconsistencies in the statements of top government officials have prevailed and confused the public.
When former president Rodrigo Duterte buckled under China’s bullying and reimposed a 2014 moratorium on drilling in the Reed Bank, off the coast of Palawan, in April, he and his advisers most likely did not realize that it would cost the government at least $13.78 million (about P800 million with today’s exchange rate) in unnecessary spending.
Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.
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.
Six years after the Philippines' arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread.
Anim na taon matapos ang tagumpay ng Pilipinas sa arbitral tribunal laban sa China tungkol sa South China Sea, marami pa ring mis- at disinformation ang kumakalat tungkol dito.