Manila Calling Series Highlights Continuing Fight for PH Maritime Rights

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The ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐š๐ ๐€๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐  (๐Š๐€๐’) ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, in partnership with the ๐–๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ (๐–๐๐’) ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, organized a forum as part of the ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ titled, โ€œA Decade of the Philippinesโ€™ Arbitral Victory: Enduring Lessons, Evolving Relevance, and Ongoing Challenges,โ€ held on June 17, 2026, at the Conrad Hotel in Manila.

Several prominent figures actively engaged in West Philippine Sea issues attended the event, including ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ, ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐๐’ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š, ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š, who served as the moderator.

Part of the event also marked the ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  (๐Œ๐Ž๐”) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ between WPS Foundation and KAS Philippines led by ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ, CEO of the WPS Foundation, and ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ง, Country Director of KAS Philippines.

The forum forms part of the Manila Calling Discussion Series in line with the upcoming anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award, aims to ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ and ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  of the issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea and their significance to the Philippines.

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