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A new map of the entire exclusive economic zone and the archipelagic waters of the Philippines could be released pending the implementing rules and regulations of the newly signed Philippine Maritime Zones Act .National Mapping and Resource Information Authority administrator Undersecretary Peter Tiangco said the maps have been prepared and they will be modified accordingly.
It also defines the archipelagic waters, full entitlement of a 12-NM territorial sea, the declaration of a 24-NM contiguous zone from the baselines, and the 200-NM EEZ and continental shelf where the country can exercise sovereign rights and jurisdiction.The new law codifies the status of the waters inside the baselines as provided under Republic Act No. 9522 as both archipelagic and internal waters.Earlier in the day, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
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