UN: Polish ITLOS Judge Stanislaw Pawlak appointed for Philippine - China Spratlys Trial

Sea tribunal names judge to PHILIPPINES arbitration case vs CHINA over Spratlys area The Philippines' arbitration case against China has moved a step forward after the president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) appointed the second member of the ad hoc tribunal that...

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GOING GLOBAL: Filipino competitiveness is NOT GOOD, IT’S GREAT!

Illustration by REY RIVERA By James Michael Lafferty MANILA, Philippines -I was a panelist last week in the Euromoney Philippines Investment Forum along with many dignitaries, including President Benigno Aquino III and Secretary of Finance Cesar Purisima. One of those "standard" questions came up concerning, "What can the...

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