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Defending Sovereign Rights in the West Philippine Sea

University of the East
07 March 2020
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Certification on non-payment of fines

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
16 December 2021

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Hegemon and bully of South China Sea

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
09 December 2021

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Did Marcos Jr. serve his sentence?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
02 December 2021

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Disqualification case against Marcos Jr.

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
04 November 2021

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Can Marcos Jr. be disqualified?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
28 October 2021

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The future of Malampaya

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
21 October 2021

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Vulnerabilities of the automated elections

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
14 October 2021

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Existentialist threat to the Senate

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
07 October 2021

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The Supreme Court as historian

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
01 October 2021

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Tax debt of the Marcos estate

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
30 September 2021

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‘For Later Release’

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
16 September 2021

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Highest price quotation wins

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
09 September 2021

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PS-DBM ‘operates independently’

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
02 September 2021

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The Procurement Service of DBM

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
27 August 2021

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Above the law

Crosscurrents Philippine
19 August 2021

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Archipelagic and normal baselines

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
12 August 2021

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Spratlys vs KIG

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
04 August 2021

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Freedom of expression and online trolls


01 August 2021

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Nothing new in last SONA

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
28 July 2021

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Our vanishing ‘galunggong’

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
22 July 2021

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Aquino and the arbitration against China

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
01 July 2021

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Extrajudicial confessions and EJKs

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
24 June 2021

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The 1734 Murillo Velarde Map

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
10 June 2021

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The role of maps in territorial disputes

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
03 June 2021

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Regime of Islands

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
27 May 2021

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China does not possess the WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
20 May 2021

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Tiny Sandy Cay reveals the big lie

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
13 May 2021

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President Duterte’s policies in the WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
05 May 2021

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Who is lying — the President or Roque?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
29 April 2021

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Why Chinese fishermen are in the WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
22 April 2021

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The territorial dispute in the Spratlys

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
15 April 2021

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Aid and comfort to the enemy

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
08 April 2021

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Where are the vaccines?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
01 April 2021

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Unrequited love

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
25 March 2021

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The gods of Padre Faura

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
18 March 2021

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China’s three warfares

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
11 March 2021

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Nuclear weapons and the VFA

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
04 March 2021

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Protector of the people

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
25 February 2021

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Vaccines and economic stimulus

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
18 February 2021

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China’s ‘Un-Monroe’ doctrine

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
11 February 2021

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China unleashes another deadly virus

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
28 January 2021

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Presidential immunity from suit

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
21 January 2021

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The last cha-cha

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
14 January 2021

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The ‘opt out’ provision in Unclos

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
07 January 2021

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No vaccine, no VFA

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
31 December 2020

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Denying the existence of a law

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
24 December 2020

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Significance of impeachment complaint

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
17 December 2020

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Grounds for impeaching an SC justice

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
10 December 2020

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An idea that divides the nation

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
26 November 2020

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Advance payment for vaccine

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
19 November 2020

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Rule of the minority

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
13 November 2020

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South China Sea as zone of peace

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
05 November 2020

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A Philippine maritime militia in the WPS?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
30 October 2020

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Light at the end of the tunnel?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
22 October 2020

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China’s hegemony and expansion in SCS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
15 October 2020

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The pandemic in social media

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
08 October 2020

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China’s other false claims in the SCS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
01 October 2020

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What the Code of Conduct shouldn’t be

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
24 September 2020

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China’s backdoors in PH military camps

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
17 September 2020

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Dueling ‘Notes Verbales’

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
10 September 2020

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Why the UNGA matters

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
03 September 2020

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What a revolutionary government means

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
27 August 2020

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Chinese invasions: Past and present

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
20 August 2020

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Why the President is inutile on the WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
14 August 2020

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China is NOT in possession of WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
06 August 2020

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Inventor of China’s nine-dash line

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
30 July 2020

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Scarborough Shoal – a redline

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
27 July 2020

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Are CPP-NPA rebels terrorists?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
19 July 2020

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Warrantless arrests and the Anti-Terrorism Act

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
03 July 2020

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When does cyberlibel prescribe?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
25 June 2020

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No need for martial law

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
18 June 2020

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Anti-terrorism law: A double whammy

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
09 June 2020

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China Telecom as the third telco

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
04 June 2020

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Ground Zero in Marawi City

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
28 May 2020

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What’s in a name?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
24 May 2020

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Equal protection of the law

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
14 May 2020

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The invisible hands in Pogos

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
07 May 2020

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China’s maritime Lebensraum

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
30 April 2020

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Insufficient budget for national ID system

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
23 April 2020

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Changing the COVID-19 narratives

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
16 April 2020

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Our greatest freedom

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
09 April 2020

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Our rice buffer stock

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
05 April 2020

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Taking full responsibility to solve crisis

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
26 March 2020

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Waiting for the next epidemic

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
20 March 2020

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Foreign ownership of public utilities

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
12 March 2020

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Duterte has chosen: Province of China

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
07 March 2020

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Terminating the VFA

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
27 February 2020

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First casualty of VFA abrogation: Scarborough

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
20 February 2020

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Weakening our defenses in the WPS

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
13 February 2020

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Mother of onerous contracts

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
06 February 2020

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Does China respect Philippine sovereignty?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
30 January 2020

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Why great powers comply with arbitral rulings

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
23 January 2020

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Do great powers comply with arbitral rulings?

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
16 January 2020

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Subi Reef is PH territorial sea

Crosscurrents Philippine Daily Inquirer
09 January 2020

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