SINCE the pandemic forced my children to attend classes online, I got a chance to listen to their lectures. Part of the curriculum for Grade-5 children in Social Studies (Araling Panlipunan) are the basic concepts of “territory,” “sovereignty,” “exclusive economic zone [EEZ]” and “UNCLOS” or the United Nations Convention on…
Senatorial candidate Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law which caused the country to lose much of its territorial waters and weaken its legal claim to the Kalayaan or Spratly Group of Islands. If elected to the Senate, Roque would rectify the legal infirmities in Republic Act (RA) 9522. The law amended provisions of RA 3046 to define the country's new archipelagic baseline. In 2009, Roque filed a petition on behalf of law dean Merlin Magallona before the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the constitutionality of the Philippine Baselines Law. The high court dismissed the Magallona et al. vs. Executive Secretary case. Roque questioned the new archipelagic baseline because it took out a large portion of the Philippine territory. He also argued that it contradicted the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which demarcated the country's territory before any existing international treaty. "The P
UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law which caused the country to lose much of its territorial waters
Senatorial candidate Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law which caused the country to lose much of its territorial waters and weaken its legal claim to the Kalayaan or Spratly Group of Islands. If elected to the Senate, Roque would rectify the legal infirmities in Republic Act (RA) 9522. The law amended provisions of RA 3046 to define the country's new archipelagic baseline. In 2009, Roque filed a petition on behalf of law dean Merlin Magallona before the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the constitutionality of the Philippine Baselines Law. The high court dismissed the Magallona et al. vs. Executive Secretary case. Roque questioned the new archipelagic baseline because it took out a large portion of the Philippine territory. He also argued that it contradicted the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which demarcated the country's territory before any existing international treaty. "The P
PROF. MERLIN MAGALLONA, one of the Philippines’s leading experts in international law who led numerous studies on maritime issues pre-Unclos and later became a UP Law dean and Foreign Affairs undersecretary, has died. The highly respected intellectual died peacefully in his sleep on New Year’s Day at the age of…