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Mel Velarde on Tuesday, June 9, points to Panacot, the present-day Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, on the replica of the 1734 Murillo Velarde Map. The map will be submitted to the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague to support the claim of the Philippines on the disputed territories in the South China Sea. Velarde won the November 2014 Sotheby's auction of the nearly 300-year-old map for £170,500 or more than P12 million. The original map is being kept in London. >>
Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was given a framed replica of a 280-year-old map on Monday, June 6 – often used to debunk China’s claims over the West Philippine Sea.
The president of Now Corporation and chairperson of the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication – Mel Velarde donated the replica of the 1734 Murillo Map of the Philippines.
The map shows that the disputed Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal), also known as Bajo de Masinloc, has been part of the Philippines from as far back as nearly 300 years ago.
A dispute between the Philippines and China in Panatag Shoal in April 2012 caused Manila to file a historic case against Beijing.
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