PH to 'stand our ground' in sea row

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Javier Joe Ismael

Jul 13, 2024 12:30 am

(UPDATES) THE Philippines will 'stand our ground' in a dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Friday, eight years after an international ruling against China in the territorial contest.

Tensions over the strategic waterway, a key passage for seaborne trade, have soared in the past 18 months following a series of escalating confrontations between Philippine and Chinese ships.

Protesters display signs defending Philippine sovereignty in areas of the South China Sea, or locally referred to as West Philippine Sea, during a rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 12 July 2024. Demonstrators marked the 8th anniversary of an international arbitral ruling made on 12 July 2016 from The Hague, Netherlands that favored Philippine sovereignty over its exclusive economic zones in disputed waters of the South China Sea and denied China's nine-dash-line claim. EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA

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