
By Tita C. Valderama
The Philippines is taking another legal and diplomatic step to assert its maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, asking a United Nations commission to consider the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award as it reviews Manila’s claim to an extended continental shelf (ECS) off western…


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