The Philippines will continue to assert its rights over the West Philippine Sea using the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling as its guide, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday. The decision, ...

Seven in 10 Filipinos believe that the Marcos administration should continue to assert its rights in the West Philippine Sea, ...

Mr. Vladimir Jares, Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations, said that UNCLOS was a package deal, balancing the interrelationship of very ...

The Philippines' arbitration victory against China is already an "unassailable" part of international law and remains a "cornerstone" of the Philippine Maritime Policy, along with the 1982 United ...

As the Philippines commemorates its 2016 victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the DFA said the ruling has since ...

As July 12 marks the date of the issuance of the so-called South China Sea arbitration case, the Philippines and the US, ...

Philippine Navy assets across the country held a siren salute for the 9th anniversary of the 2016 arbitral award on the South ...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro described as “worrisome” China’s continued rejection of the 2016 Arbitral Award, ...

ASEAN Foreign Ministers have reiterated the regional bloc’s firm commitment to peace and stability in the South China Sea, ...

The U.S. legal framework, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), although enacted nearly 40 years ago, has ...

Mining and mineral resources have always been a lightning rod for economic and political power, and the modern era is no different – 2025 has seen ...

But the US never ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. US President Donald Trump’s move to sidestep global regulations and begin pushing for seabed mining in international ...