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Constitutionality of Baselines Law questioned at Supreme Court

By Edu Punay | April 2, 2009 - 12:00am

The Supreme Court was asked yesterday to declare unconstitutional the Baselines Law signed by President Arroyo last month on grounds that at least 15,000 square nautical miles of territorial waters of the Philippines...

Headlines

Congress ratifies Baselines bill

By Aurea Calica | February 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Congress ratified yesterday the bill defining the country’s archipelagic baselines as required under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), excluding the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough...

Headlines

Baselines Bill does not promote Philippine interests

By Ambassador Lauro L. Baja Jr. | February 7, 2009 - 12:00am

The Philippine Baselines Bill which excludes Kalayaan and Scarborough Shoal from our baselines does not protect nor promote our national interests.

Letters to the Editor

Atienza defends baselines bill

By Perseus Echeminada | February 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Environment Secretary Lito Atienza defended yesterday the country’s position excluding the Kalayaan Island Group from the country’s territorial boundaries in the 2009 Baselines Bill to be approved by...

Headlines

Baselines bills to compromise RP territory?

By Aurea Calica | February 6, 2009 - 12:00am

A University of the Philippines professor claimed yesterday that the two separate versions of the baselines bill approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives are unconstitutional and will compromise national...

Headlines

Enrile wants House to adopt Senate version of baselines bill

By Aurea Calica | February 4, 2009 - 12:00am

Senate leaders pushed for their version of the measure excluding the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal from the country’s archipelagic baselines.

Headlines

Congress urged to OK consolidated version of baselines bill

By Marianne V. Go | February 1, 2009 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap urged lawmakers yesterday to approve immediately the consolidated version of the baselines bill, saying failure to meet the deadline imposed by the United Nations would undermine...

Headlines

Senate okays baselines bill

By Christina Mendez | January 29, 2009 - 12:00am

The Senate ratified yesterday the 2009 Baselines Bill to enable the country to beat the My 13 deadline of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Headlines

Senators reach compromise on baselines bill

By Aurea Calica | June 17, 2008 - 12:00am

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said yesterday he has already accepted the proposal to create a congressional commission to undertake an in-depth study on the country’s archipelagic baselines...

Headlines

Nene seeks all-senator caucus on baselines nat'l territory body

By Aurea Calica | May 31, 2008 - 12:00am

Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. called yesterday for a caucus to unfreeze two bills seeking to define the nation’s archipelagic baselines and create a commission on national territory.

Headlines