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Kalayaan Island Group

The document discusses the Philippines' claim over the Kalayaan Island Group based on its historic right, Presidential Decree No. 1596 that includes the islands as part of Philippine territory, and the islands being part of the Philippines' continental shelf and satisfying the principle of contiguity due to proximity. The document also references Republic Acts 3046, 5446, and 9552 which relate to demarcating maritime baselines and reserving the drawing of baselines around Sabah.

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Kalayaan Island Group

The document discusses the Philippines' claim over the Kalayaan Island Group based on its historic right, Presidential Decree No. 1596 that includes the islands as part of Philippine territory, and the islands being part of the Philippines' continental shelf and satisfying the principle of contiguity due to proximity. The document also references Republic Acts 3046, 5446, and 9552 which relate to demarcating maritime baselines and reserving the drawing of baselines around Sabah.

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Kalayaan Island Group

a) historic right
b) P.D. No. 1596, dated June 11, 1978
c) effective occupation
d) principle of contiguity because of proximity
e) part of the continental shelf
f) RA 3046 (demarcating the maritime baselines of the
Philippines as an archipelagic State)
g) RA 5446 (reserving the drawing of baselines around
Sabah in North Borneo
h) RA 9552

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