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TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — Taiwan would like to peacefully resolve any disputes that might arise from the international court ruling in the South China Sea, but will be steadfast in maintaining its rights in Itu Aba, the sole Taiwan-held island in the Spratlys, senior government officials said Monday (July 11). Taiwan is one of the claimant which will be affected by the arbitration result in the case before The Hague between the Philippines and China. “We […]
(Reuters) A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic zone. The unusual submission has emerged just as judges at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague are poised to rule on the Philippines’ landmark case, brought under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of […]
MANILA, Aug. 20 (PNA) — Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima on Wednesday refused to confirm or deny the disloyalty issue being floated against Solicitor General Francis H. Jardeleza who was appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday. De Lima is an ex-officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) which screens nominees for the position in the Judiciary. Before Jardeleza was appointed to […]
