West Philippine Sea
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Incoming SolGen ‘very hopeful’ PH will win arbitration case vs China DAVAO CITY — Incoming Solicitor General Jose Calida on Saturday said he is “very hopeful” that the Philippines will win its arbitration case against China on the disputed West Philippine Sea. “We are very hopeful that we will win this case,” Calida told reporters at Royal Mandaya Hotel. The former Justice undersecretary said he recently met with incumbent Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who briefed him and incoming foreign affairs secretary Jun Yasay on the case. “During that meeting we only discussed the West Philippine Sea dispute with China, he said. “It’s really a complicated issue but according to the solicitor general now, around 70 to 80 percent we will win this case,” Calida said. Asked what will happen if the country wins the case with the international tribunal, Calida said, “Well we will cross the bridge when we get there. We will wait for the decision then we will make our move.” Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/139899/incoming-solgen-hopeful-ph-will-win-arbitration-case-vs-china#ixzz4AfcWgQDc
DAVAO CITY — Incoming Solicitor General Jose Calida on Saturday said he is “very hopeful” that the Philippines will win its arbitration case against China on the disputed West Philippine Sea. “We are very hopeful that we will win this case,” Calida told reporters at Royal Mandaya Hotel. The former Justice undersecretary said he recently […]
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Asean should get its house in order first: Malaysia’s Defence Minister Hishammuddin
SINGAPORE – Malaysian defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Saturday (June 4) urged Asean claimants to the South China Sea to resolve their differences first before blaming China or the United States for contributing to tensions over maritime disputes in the region. “Even within Asean, there are duplicating claims [to the South China Sea]… we cannot […]
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WEST PH SEA ROW | Palace: Best to wait for UN arbitral court’s ruling
MANILA – Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma on Saturday told a Radyo ng Bayan interview that it’s best to just wait for the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal to issue a ruling on the case that the Philippines brought before it regarding the territorial dispute with China. Coloma’s remarks were made in reaction to […]
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South China Sea row may harm all: India
US Defense Secretary Ashten Carter on Saturday warned China against provocative behavior in the South China Sea, saying “any action by China to reclaim land in the Scarborough Shoal, an outcrop in the disputed sea, would have consequences” “I hope that this development doesn’t occur, because it will result in actions being taken by the […]
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Calls for China to Respect Maritime-Claim Ruling Grow Louder
SINGAPORE—Western officials ramped up calls for China to respect an impending ruling from a Hague tribunal on Beijing’s broad maritime claim to the South China Sea, even though Chinese authorities have boycotted the proceedings and called them illegal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/calls-for-china-to-respect-maritime-claim-ruling-grow-louder-1465012976
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Extremely dangerous moment in South China (West Philippine) Sea
WHEN China sureptitiously took Panatag shoal (Scarborough shoal) from an unsuspecting and naïve Aquino administration in 2012, few suspected that the stealthy Chinese maneuver would set off a series of events and developments that would turn the shoal into a flashpoint for a major-power confrontation in the Asia-Pacific. Tension has been building up these past […]
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No China Compromise on South China Sea After Philippines Case: Top Chinese Expert
China will not compromise on its notorious nine-dash line claiming nearly all of the South China Sea even after an upcoming verdict on a key international case against Beijing filed by the Philippines, a top Chinese scholar told a key regional forum in Malaysia Wednesday. Ahead of the verdict on the Philippines’ South China Sea […]
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China could ‘drag away’ Philippine atoll base, but is showing ‘restraint’: Communist Party newspaper
China is fully capable of removing a Philippine naval vessel set up as a permanent base on a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, but has so far shown restraint, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece newspaper said on Monday. The commentary in People’s Daily comes ahead of an imminent ruling from a international court in […]
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Newly Found Maps Dispute China’s South China Sea Claims
China’s dubious claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, which includes overlapping claims with the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam, took another hit recently This May 11, 2015 aerial photo taken through a glass window of a military plane shows China’s on-going reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the […]
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US likely to raise pressure, observers say
With the Shangri-La Dialogue — a high-profile regional security convention — set to begin on Friday, observers predicted that Washington will try to further pressure and isolate China on maritime issues. They also cautioned that the United States should not let the South China Sea issue overshadow China-US ties. Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is […]