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Enforcement “will depend on the conduct of other affected states and the international community in general.”   rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – Now that the Philippines won its historic case against China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the question is how to enforce this ruling given that there is no international police to […]

PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON WELCOMES AND IS ELATED BY TODAY’S RULING OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL RE PHILIPPINES VERSUS PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines, NDFP Chief Political Consultant & Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle, July 12, 20i6 I welcome and I am elated by the

Breaking Tribunal rules China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to disputed territory in the South China Sea. An arbitration tribunal in The Hague has rejected China’s claims to economic rights across large swaths of the South China Sea, in a ruling that will be claimed as a victory by the Philippines. Al

Robredo is housing czar   Finally, a Cabinet post for Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, the Inquirer reports today, July 7. According to the report, President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Robredo as head of the government’s Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar confirmed Thursday.(July 7 in the Philippines)

THE PREZ AND THE PRESS (Pooled editorial) INDAY ESPINA-VARONA·TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016 REGRETTABLY, the conversation between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and the news media has turned sharp and shrill. All but lost in the noise is the two parties’ common duty in law and tradition to serve and to inform the Filipino people on issues, events