MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division has declared jurisdiction over the properties involved in the forfeiture case against former military comptroller Carlos F. Garcia accused of plunder before another division of the anti-graft court.Minutes of the proceedings last Jan. 11 indicated ...
thus inflating uproar among its maritime neighbors. The case was brought to arbitration under Annex VII UNCLOS by the Philippines, and the arbitral award deemed the Chinese claims as excessive and inconsistent with the Convention
The spokesperson also made it clear that the essence of the subject-matter of the arbitration is the territorial sovereignty over some islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and this is beyond the scope of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS. He also said th...
The virus was created and disseminated by two computer programmers from the Philippines who were traced by the authorities and counterparts in that country. Since the Philippines did not have a law to punish crimes against the creation and dissemination of viruses at that time, the authorities in...
Despite these difficulties, the jurisdictional approach might be worth a try, as it is somewhat more convincing that the “PE = matter under consideration” approach. Moreover, everybody I know, academics and Judges alike, does consider Article 12 as a jurisdictional clause, despite its clear wo...