French court rejects Sulu heirs’ appeal in US$14.9 billion land dispute with Malaysia
The 1878 deal signed between European colonists and the Sultan of Sulu for use of his territory, which spanned islands in the southern Philippines and parts of present-day Malaysia on Borneo island.
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Mindanao: 109 candidates and eight parties to run in Bangsamoro’s first election
For the past five years, rebels who fought a bloody war for autonomy starting in the 1970s (with 150,000 dead) have become ...
Late sultan's heirs fail in bid to challenge French ruling on Malaysia dispute
France's highest civil court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the heirs of a former sultan who sought nearly $15 billion ...
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Late sultan’s heirs fail in bid vs French court ruling on Malaysia dispute
France’s highest civil court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the heirs of a former sultan who sought nearly $15 billion ...
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PH affirms maritime zones, angering China
Marcos Jr. enacted two laws that defined the country’s maritime zones and archipelagic sea-lanes and air routes on the West ...
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The need for two Bangsamoro regions
Outside of mainland Mindanao are the Muslim islands of Sulu, Tawi Tawi, and Basilan, whose population of 1,996,970 (2020 data) are predominantly the Tausug/Sama tribe inhabiting 4,068 square ...
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Where foreigners must not tread
The capture of three men involved in the kidnapping of American vlogger Elliot Eastman in Mindanao is one of those rare occasions that prove Philippine authorities can take swift, decisive action ...
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Still no proof of life on abducted American
While there has yet been no confirmed proof of life for or ransom demand for American national Elliot Eastman 17 days after ...
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Africa needs 100 ships to tap into $3trn AfCFTA trade — Umoren
The Secretary General of the Abuja MoU, Captain Sunday Umoren, has stated that for African economies to fully benefit from ...
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Abu Sayyaf: Militants jailed for life for mass kidnapping of tourists from tropical island resort
open image in gallery Philippine marines launched an attempt to rescue the hostages from Abu Sayyaf on Simusa island in southern Sulu province (AFP/Getty) Two Associated Press journalists ...
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Malaysia’s eviction of sea nomads casts light on precarious lives
Many sea nomads settled around islands in the Tun Sakaran Marine Park ... as the waters of the Sulu archipelago between Sabah and the southern Philippines are a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf, a ...