(UPDATE) MARKING the seventh anniversary of the arbitral tribunal ruling that favored the Philippines in its case against China in the South China Sea (SCS), the country s allies called on China to comply with the decision to maintain freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific.
A PULSE Asia survey commissioned by international think tank Stratbase ADRI Institute showed 8 out of 10 Filipinos agreed that the Philippines should form alliances and strengthen its relationships with like-minded countries to defend its territorial and economic rights in the West Philippine Sea.