August 2023
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PH must work hard to secure votes before bringing China’s actions to UNGA
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 13) — The Philippines needs to campaign hard for support from member states before bringing China’s refusal to recognize the 2016 arbitral award to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Wednesday. “The UN General Assembly is a seat of world opinion […]
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[OPINION] Revisiting the July 12, 2016 arbitral award
As long as China does not respect the EEZs of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in the South China Sea, China will never be a true friend of these countries’ Retired Justice Antonio Carpio delivered these remarks at a forum convened by the Stratbase ADR Institute to mark the seventh anniversary of the […]
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EU Says Arbitral Ruling On SCS Legally Binding
The European Union reiterated the fundamental importance of upholding the freedoms, rights and duties established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in particular the freedoms of navigation and overflight. On the seventh anniversary of the international arbitral ruling in The Hague invalidating China’s claim over almost the entire South China […]
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Seventh Anniversary of the Philippines-China South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Ruling
Today marks the seventh anniversary of an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention firmly rejecting the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) expansive South China Sea maritime claims, including any PRC claim to the area determined by the Arbitral Tribunal to be part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and continental […]
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PCA arbitral ruling: Seven years after
When the Philippines initiated arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in January 2013 against China’s expansive claims and assertions about its supposed “historic rights” over the South China Sea on the basis of its so-called “nine-dash line,” many – including the United States based on the information we received – […]
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA Usec makes false remark about SC decision on South China Sea exploration deal
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Carlos Sorreta wrongly stated that the Supreme Court (SC) upheld a “literal description” of the national territory in its decision to declare the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) unconstitutional. The JMSU is a 2005 exploration agreement among the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PETROVIETNAM), and China National […]
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G7 supports 2016 ruling on South China Sea claims
MANILA, Philippines — The world’s seven most powerful democracies back the Philippines’ claims in the South China Sea as they opposed Beijing’s expansive maritime claims and strongly opposed its militarization in the region. The Group of Seven (G7) — comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — plus the […]
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How America plans to defend the Indo-Pacific
In my column last week, I pointed out the reasons why former president Noynoy Aquino and President Bongbong Marcos elected to lean on the US rather than China. There are at least six reasons for their decision: Philippine sovereignty is not under threat with the US, as it is with China. China’s bullying tactics have […]
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China tells Philippines to remove grounded warship in South China Sea
SUMMARY China told the Philippines on Monday, August 7, to remove its grounded warship from the Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, in the South China Sea after blocking two Manila supply ships with water cannons over the weekend as both sides asserted their claims of the area. The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard of […]