MANILA – President Benigno Aquino summarized the Philippines’ case against China when he called some of the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea as mere “rocks” and not islands. Aquino, during his press briefing at the Palace on Monday with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, described the disputed areas as a “few rocks that […]
Philippine Women’s Judges Association 6 March 2014 Justice Antonio T. Carpio Play the PowerPoint presentation here. This morning, with your kind indulgence, allow me to speak on a matter that I hope would be the advocacy of every Filipino – the protection of the marine wealth of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea. Our […]
MANILA—The Philippines cried foul this week when China announced plans to begin regular patrols of the South China Sea, known here as the West Philippines Sea. The two countries have been engaged in a tense dispute over the region since 2012, when Chinese ships took control of Scarborough Shoal, which is just one of the […]