South China Sea: Philippines should legislate ‘gains’ of arbitral win, group says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should legislate the “gains” of the country’s 2016 arbitral win over its South China Sea claims to end the “impasse” between Beijing and Manila, three legal experts said, weeks ahead of the fifth anniversary of the ruling.Ties between the countries have been strained over China’s increasingly assertive claims over the resource-rich waters, with the swarming of 200 Chinese boats in Philippine waters in February sparking heated exchanges between officials…