{"id":42252,"date":"2015-02-13T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42252"},"modified":"2015-02-13T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:29:20","slug":"phl-maintains-rules-based-approach-on-west-philippine-sea-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/13\/phl-maintains-rules-based-approach-on-west-philippine-sea-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL maintains rules-based approach on West Philippine Sea \u2013 Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41158\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41158\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg\" alt=\"Filipinos at Bajo de Masinloc \/ Panatag Shoal (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Norway)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/scarborough-shoal-panatag-shoal-bajo-de-masinloc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filipinos at Bajo de Masinloc \/ Panatag Shoal (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Norway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines will continue to use a rules-based approach in dealing with the issue on the disputed West Philippine Sea, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma made this comment on a news report that China is flexing its muscles and preparing for military conflict in Asia amid Beijing\u2019s reported reclamation efforts in the disputed reefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe position of our government will not be changed on the need to implement a rules-based approach in facing this issue in the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea,\u201d Coloma said in a press briefing in Malacanang.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma said the Philippines government has already brought its case before a Netherland-based arbitral tribunal to decide on the issue under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe also push our position in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and other international forum that it should be resolved based on the principle of Code of Conduct declared over 10 years ago,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma said the ASEAN member countries had already a united stand for the creation of Code of Conduct that will be used as basis in every action of each member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThat\u2019s why the position of our government will remain firm with regards on how the issue will be resolved in the South China Sea or Philippine Sea,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the Philippines, other members of the ASEAN are Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Sea or South China Sea is being claimed in part or in whole by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan and the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines will continue to use a rules-based approach in dealing with the issue on the disputed West 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