TIME STAMPS: 00:00 00:20 What is the principle of territoriality? 00:53 What is then the extent of Philippine territory? The national territory of the Philippines comprises: 01:50 (1) “The Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein” consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains 02:39 "Archipelagic Doctrine of Territoriality" 03:13 RA 9552 (amending RA 3046) 05:30 Using the "straight baseline method" to determine: (1) the territorial sea and (2) to determine what comprises the Philippine archipelago 09:18 (2)“all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction” Treaty of Paris of 1898 Treaty of Washington of 1900 Scarborough shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) Spratlys (also known as the Kalayaan Island Group) 11:40 Question: What is our basis for saying that the Scarborough shoal and the Spratlys were already part of Philippine territory at the time Spain ceded the Philippine islands to the U.S.? Answer: the Murillo Velarde map of 1734 13: