A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official is confident the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos) will invalidate China’s claim on virtually the entire West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez said on Saturday a ruling by the tribunal on China’s so-called nine-dash claim is due at the end of this year or early 2015.

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