00:00 Some government officials announced that they are building an updated map of the Philippines
00:05 according to Senator Francis Tolentino Tugunyan in the 10-line map
00:09 that China released this August.
00:11 The new Senate Special Committee on Maritime and Admiralty Zones will have five hearings
00:18 to discuss the map.
00:20 The new map includes the Exclusive Economic Zones, Continental Shelf,
00:24 and other territories of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea
00:27 in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS,
00:31 a 2016 arbitral ruling.
00:34 It also includes the Philippine Rice or the former Benham Rice in the east of the country.
00:38 The National Security Council also said that they are also building a map of the Philippines
00:43 in accordance with international laws.
00:45 It was not clarified by Tolentino and the NSC
00:49 if they are building a single map.
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