“The arbitration has in fact become an anchor around the Filipino people’s neck, weighing the nation down economically,” said Herman Tiu Laurel, president of a Manila-based think tank.
MANILA, July 12 (Xinhua) — The so-called South China Sea arbitration of 2016, initiated unilaterally by the Philippines, has triggered “a myriad of problems” for the country, economically, diplomatically and regio