{"id":15865,"date":"2014-06-18T20:31:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=15865"},"modified":"2014-06-18T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:31:05","slug":"ph-seeks-intl-tribunals-quick-ruling-on-complaints-vs-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/18\/ph-seeks-intl-tribunals-quick-ruling-on-complaints-vs-china\/","title":{"rendered":"PH seeks int\u2019l tribunal\u2019s quick ruling on complaints vs China"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14115\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14115\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tmp_Mapspratly-69858472.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MANILA \u2013 Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the Philippines is seeking for an immediate decision over the country\u2019s complaints on the legality of China\u2019s massive territorial claims in South China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The quick ruling is sought on fears that the situation will worsen as dispute between the two countries continue to escalate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I am hoping we could get something by next year &#8230; because China is not participating and because the situation is getting worse every day in the South China Sea,&#8221; Del Rosario told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier this month, the tribunal gave China until Dec. 15 to answer the Philippines\u2019 contentions and submit a written argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">China, kept ignoring the legal complaints and continues expanding and fortifying its claims in the disputed areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since China refused to get involved in the case, Del Rosario said that he would be asking the country\u2019s lawyers to file a petition asking the Arbitral Tribunal in Hague, Netherlands to issue an earlier ruling over the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Del Rosaio said that China pursues its reclamation of the land in the disputed reefs which can be turned into offshore military bases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Several expansion activities were also recently conducted by China in some of the disputed areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The country has sought a moratorium on the construction and other expansion activities but China dismissed the country\u2019s claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Citing their history, China is still persistent that, since ancient times, it has had sovereign rights on the disputed waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>With reports from Philippine Star<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the Philippines is seeking for an immediate decision over the country\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[420,5599,1479],"class_list":["post-15865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-china","tag-disputed-territories","tag-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}