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Exclusive Economic Zone Of The Philippines
The Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines, or Philippine EEZ for short, is the maritime area clamed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and Philippine laws and orders (primarily Republic Act No. 9522 of 2009). It covers of sea. The Philippines has 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago. The zone's coordinates are between 116° 40', and 126° 34' E longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N latitude. It is bordered by the Philippine Sea to the east and north, the South China Sea to the west, and the Celebes Sea to the south. West Philippine Sea On September 12, 2012, President Benigno Aquino III issued Administrative Order No. 29, designating the maritime areas on the western side of the Philippine archipelago and within the Philippine EEZ as the ''West Philippine Sea'' and mandating the use of that designation by all departments, subdivisions, agencies an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of The Philippines
The government of the Philippines () has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is Central government, governed as a unitary state under a presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative and democratic Constitution of the Philippines, constitutional republic in which the President of the Philippines, president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a Diversity (politics), pluriform multi-party system. The powers of the three branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in the following: Legislature, Legislative power is vested in the two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate of the Philippines, Senate is the upper chamber and the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives is the lower chamber. Executive (government), Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisherman
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million Commercial fishing, commercial and Artisan fishing, subsistence fishers and Fish farming, fish farmers. Fishermen may be professional or Recreational fishing, recreational. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period.Early humans followed the coast BBC News articles History 
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Treaty Of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, and marked the end of the Spanish–American War. Under it, Spain relinquished all claim of sovereignty over and title to territories described there as ''the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladrones, the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands, and comprehending the islands lying within the following line:'' (details elided), to the United States. The cession of the Philippines involved a compensation of $20 million from the United States to Spain.Puerto Rico is spelled as "Porto Rico" in the treaty. The treaty came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the documents of ratification were exchanged. It was the first treaty negotiated between the two governments since the 1819 Adams– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine-dash Line
The nine-dash line, also referred to as the eleven-dash line by Taiwan, is a set of line segments on various maps that accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China (PRC, "Mainland China") and the Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan") in the South China Sea. The contested area includes the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, the Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks, the Macclesfield Bank, and the Scarborough Shoal. Certain places have undergone land reclamation by the PRC, ROC, and Vietnam. The ''People's Daily'' of the PRC uses the term (''Tuan-hsü-hsien''; ) or (''Nan-hai tuan-hsü-hsien''; ; ), while the ROC government uses the term (''Shih-i-tuan hsien''; ; ). A 1946 map showing a U-shaped eleven-dash line was first published by the Republic of China government on 1 December 1947. In 1952, Mao Zedong of the PRC decided to remove two of the dashes in the Gulf of Tonkin amid warming ties with North Vietnam. However, the ROC government still uses the eleven-dash l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71. Duterte is the chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, the ruling party during his presidency. Born in Maasin, Leyte (now in Southern Leyte), Duterte moved to Davao as a child where his father, Vicente Duterte, served as provincial governor. He studied political science at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in 1972. He then worked as a lawyer and prosecutor for Davao City, before becoming vice mayor and, subsequently, mayor of the city in the wake of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Duterte won seven terms and served as mayor of Davao for over 22 years, during which the once crime-ridden city became pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodoro Locsin Jr
The name ''Teodoro'' is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Theodore. People Given name * Teodoro Alcalde (1913–1995) * Teodoro Ardemans (died 1726) * Teodoro Borlongan (1955–2005) * Teodoro Buontempo (1946–2013) * Teodoro Cano García (born 1932) * Teodoro Celli (1917–1989), music critic * (born 1996), actor * Teodoro Correr (1750–1830) * Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) * Teodoro Cuñado (born 1970) * Teodoro de Croix (1730–1792) * Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio (1855–1937), Brazilian engineer, geographer and historiographer * Teodoro Fernández (1913–1996) * Teodoro García Simental (born 1974) * Teodoro Ghisi (1536–1601) * Teodoro Goliardi (1927–1997) * Teodoro Kalaw (1884–1940) * Teodoro Kalaw (sport shooter) * Teodoro Lechi (1778–1866) * Teodoro Locsin Jr. (born 1948) * Teodoro Lonfernini (born 1976) * Teodoro Maniaci * Teodoro Matos Santana (1946–2013) * Teodoro Mauri (1904–1960) * Teodoro Moscoso (1932–1992) * Teodoro Obian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Thomas Shoal
Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ayungin Shoal (), Bãi Cỏ Mây (Vietnamese) and Rén'ài Jiāo (), is a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines. It is a disputed territory and claimed by multiple nations. The reef is occupied by a garrison of Philippine Navy personnel aboard a ship, the BRP ''Sierra Madre'', that was intentionally grounded on the reef in 1999 and has been periodically replenished since then. History The atoll is one of three named after Thomas Gilbert, captain of the : * First Thomas Shoal – , South of Second Thomas Shoal.NGA Chart 93046 – SE Dangerous Ground * Second Thomas Shoal – , Southeast of .< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Cannon
A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water. Typically, a water cannon can deliver a large volume of water, often over dozens of meters. They are used in firefighting, large vehicle washing, riot control, and mining. Most water cannons fall under the category of a fire monitor. Firefighting Water cannons were first devised for use on fireboats. Extinguishing fires on boats and buildings near the water was much more difficult and dangerous before fireboats were invented. The first fireboat deployed in Los Angeles was commissioned on 1 August 1919. The first fireboat in New York City was ''Marine 1'', deployed 1 February 1891. There may have been other fireboats elsewhere even earlier. Fire apparatus, Fire trucks deliver water with much the same force and volume as water cannons, and have even been used in riot control situations, but are rarely referred to as water cannons outside this context. Riot control The first truck-mounted water cannon was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Coast Guard
The China Coast Guard (CCG) () is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police (PAP) of China. The Coast Guard is an armed gendarmerie force (of corps grade), and its cutters are armed. The emergency number of the Coast Guard is 95110, which began operation in 2019. Between 2013 and 2023, the CCG confiscated a total of 9.875 tonnes of drugs, 21 billion RMB worth of smuggled goods and 12 million tonnes of stolen sand, along with responding to over 53,000 emergency calls and handling 24,000 cases. History Prior to 2013, five Chinese departments had maritime law enforcement responsibilities leading to "waste, inefficiency, and disarray". In March 2013, the National People's Congress (NPC) authorized the creation of the CCG under the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). The CCG combined the SOA's China Marine Surveillance (CMS), the Ministry of Agriculture's (CFLE), the Ministry of Public Security's (MPS) , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thitu Island
Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island (); Đảo Thị Tứ (); Zhongye Dao (), having an area of , it is the second largest of the naturally occurringNote that in 2014 the PRC embarked on a number of reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands. It appears that the largest of these, at Fiery Cross Reef, is of at least 60 hectares, and according to some unverifiable sources, possibly as large as 150 hectares. islands in Spratly Islands. It lies about west of Puerto Princesa. Its neighbors are the North Danger Reef to the north, Subi Reef to the southwest, and the Loaita and Tizard Banks to the south. As the poblacion (administrative center) of the Kalayaan municipality of Palawan province in the Philippines, it also administers nearly a dozen other islets, cays and reefs in the Spratly Islands. The island is 270 nautical miles west from Palawan, Philippines. In 1971 following a storm on the island the island was seized by the Philippines from the Republic of China ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Banks
Union Banks (Pagkakaisa Banks and Reefs) is a large drowned atoll in the center of Dangerous Ground (South China Sea), Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in South China Sea, west of the Philippine coast, containing islands and reefs whose ownership remains Spratly Islands dispute, disputed and controversial. The closest atoll is Tizard Bank, due north of Union Banks. There are only two natural islands on the rim of the reef, Sin Cowe Island and Sin Cowe East Island. The atoll is long from Johnson South Reef in the southwest to Whitson Reef in the northeast, and up to wide. Its total area measures . The central lagoon is up to deep. Islands and reefs comprising Union Banks Union Banks consists of the following islands and reefs, clockwise starting in the southwest corner:- Version dated 19 August 2011 is available at: Key: = occupied by PRC; violet = occupied by Vietnam See also *List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands References {{South Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of The Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) () are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Philippine Army, Army, the Philippine Air Force, Air Force, and the Philippine Navy, Navy (including the Philippine Marine Corps, Marine Corps). The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with the Department of National Defense (Philippines), Department of National Defense, an executive department acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out, while the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines serves as the overall commander and the highest-ranking officer in the AFP. Founded under the National Defense Act of 1935, while tracing its roots to the Philippine Revolutionary Army, the AFP has played an integral part in the country's history. The AFP has also been involved in various conflicts, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
