VERA FILES FACT SHEET: West Philippine Sea tensions and the Arroyo presidency
What do tensions in the West Philippine Sea have to do with the Arroyo administration?
Tag Archives: West Philippine Sea
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Which court ruled on the West Philippine Sea dispute?
In a recent briefing with his defense team, President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the reported move of the U.S. to build depots and unload arms in the Philippines. He said "the missiles of China are pointed at American expeditions" here, and it is the kind of war the country cannot participate in.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Should credit go to Calida for winning the West Philippine Sea case?
In giving a rundown of the Office of the Solicitor General’s accomplishments since he went on board on June 30, 2016, Solicitor General Jose Calida appeared to have grabbed credit from his predecessors.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say
For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.
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
Justice Carpio debunks China’s historical claim of South China Sea
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS USING China’s very own ancient maps, Justice Antonio T. Carpio debunked the Asian superpower’s ownership claims of almost the whole of South China Sea based on “historical facts.” In a lecture at De La Salle University “Historical Facts, Historical Lies and Historical Rights in the West Philippine Sea,” Carpio took up
Survey questions the DFA did not ask
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS DOES Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario have a problem with the case filed with the United Nations Arbitral Court against China’s nine-dash line map that prompted him to commission Social Weather Stations to do a survey which focused on the case and the problem with China in the West Philippine Sea? SWS
Protesters tell China: ‘Back Off’
By JOHNNA VILLAVIRAY GIOLAGON Photos by MARIO IGNACIO SOME 500 Filipinos staged a protest rally in front of the Chinese consulate Wednesday in Makati to express outrage over what has been described as China’s creeping invasion of waters west of the Philippine archipelago. Nobody in the consulate, which was closed for “security reasons” met with
Stopping China by engagement
IN Bangkok last week, the commander of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Locklear, said the usual line that their Asian allies expect from visiting American officials: we will oppose China’s expansionism. “We will oppose the change of status quo by force of anyone,” Locklear said referring to the situation in South China Sea
Word war at the Senate (Read the full text)
SEN. Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday accused Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile of being a “GMA lackey” for supposedly rushing a bill that would cut up Camarines Sur province as a favor to former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.