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FLUVIAL DOMAIN
a.)International or National Waters b.) Internal Water under the Constitution
are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippine
Filipinos
There are more than () ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history
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as a demonym, was derived from the term Las Islas Filipinas ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 b y the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest (), in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: Felipe II)
Filipino, Ruy López de Villalobos
The close family relations are said to have been inherited from the ().
The piousness comes from the () who introduced Christianity in the 16th century
Chinese, Spaniards
() is a common denominator in the Filipino character and this is what distinguishes the Filipino.
() is the official national language, with English considered as the country's unofficial one.
Hospitality, Pilipino
The Filipinos are divided geographically and culturally into regions, and each regional group is recognizable b y distinct ()() - the sturdy and frugal ()of the north, the industrious () of the central plains, the carefree ()from the central islands, and the colorful tribesmen and religious () of Mindanao
traits and dialects, llocanos , Tagalogs, Visayans , Moslems
The history of American rule and contact with merchants and traders culminated in a unique blend of ()(), both in the appearance and culture of the Filipinos, or people of the Philippines.
East and West
n occupation was responsible for teaching the Filipino people the English language. The Philippines is currently the third-largest English-speaking country in the world.
American
Philippines v. China (PCA case number 2013–19), also known as the () was an arbitration case brought by the Republic of the () against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
South China Sea Arbitration, Philippines
the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China) issued a unanimous award largely favourable to the Philippines. China has rejected the ruling, but it may nonetheless be a stepping-stone on the way to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
12 July 2016,
the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against China in a dispute concerning their respective “maritime entitlements” and the legality of Chinese activities in the South China Sea.
22 January 2013, t
In response, by a diplomatic note dated () addressed to the Philippines, China expressed its rejection of the arbitration.
19 February 2013
In China’s view, the Arbitral Tribunal did not have jurisdiction in the case because China’s acceptance of dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – the basis put forward by the Philippines – was () and excluded sea boundary delimitations and the determination of historic titles
limited
THE “NINE-DASH LINE” AND THE ALLEGED CHINESE HISTORIC RIGHTS:
That means the preexisting historic rights no longer exist as they are not compatible with (). Accordingly, the tribunal concluded that China’s claims were contrary to UNCLOS and exceeded the geographic limits imposed by it
UNCLOS
THE “NINE-DASH LINE” AND THE ALLEGED CHINESE HISTORIC RIGHTS:
(THE PRE-EXISTING HISTORIC RIGHTS NO LONGER EXIST AS THEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH UNCLOS. ACCORDINGLY, THE TRIBUNAL CONCLUDED THAT CHINA’S CLAIMS WERE CONTRARY TO UNCLOS AND EXCEEDED THE GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS IMPOSED BY IT.)
, () which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own do not generate an EEZ and a Continental shelf (CS). C
rocks
Consequently, () do not give rights to resource exploitation beyond their territorial sea.
rocks
do not generate any maritime zone
LTE
it classified () as a rock, and among those features
Scarborough Shoal
