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(Eagle News) — Manila Water said it would work towards enforcing an award for P7.39 billion it had secured from a Singapore-based tribunal against the Philippine government for losses it had incurred for a water rate hike that the government denied in 2015. “The Tribunal ordered the Republic to indemnify Manila Water the amount of ₱7,390,000,000 representing the actual losses it suffered from 1 June 2015 until 22 November 2019,” stated the Ayala-owned water concessionaire […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing insisted Wednesday that it had sovereignty over the South China Sea, defying an international tribunal ruling that its claims to a vast swathe of the waters had no legal basis. China was “the first to have discovered, named, and explored and exploited” the islands of the South China Sea islands and their waters, and had “continuously, peacefully and effectively exercised sovereignty and jurisdiction over them”, Beijing said in a white […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing must prepare for “military confrontation” in the South China Sea, state-run media said Tuesday, as it began naval drills in the area ahead of an international tribunal ruling over the maritime dispute. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich strategic waterway despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbors — raising tensions with the United States, which has key defense treaties with many allies in the region. On Tuesday, […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Competing claims to the South China Sea have for decades been a source of tension in the region. The Philippines filed a case before an international arbitration tribunal at The Hague to challenge China’s claims to most of the waters, with a decision expected in the coming weeks. Below are key facts on the sea and the territorial disputes: Geography The South China Sea covers more than 3 million square kilometres […]
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said that he is confident that the Philippines will win its case against China in the international tribunal since the nine-dash line touted by China is not recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Philippines is deferring development of structures in the West Philippine Sea to avoid tension in the area pending the decision of the international tribunal.
Indonesia supports the Philippines’ decision to settle its territorial dispute with China through a ruling of the International Tribunal of the Laws of the Sea.
China will not submit a counter-memorial at the arbitration tribunal at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, reiterating their position that they will not participate in the proceedings.
An international tribunal gave China until December 15 to present their counter-memorial in response to the Philippine complaints regarding the disputed territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea. Based on the Chinese counter-memorial, the tribunal will decided whether or not a hearing is needed.
