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Pag-asa, being the main island and the seat of government of the Municipality of Kalayaan, has the most number of facilities and structures. It is the only island that has electricity and potable water supply.
The Municipality of Kalayaan comprises the seven islands and two reefs with a total land area of 88.4385 hectares (Municipality of Kalayaan Cadastral Survey project under Category “B” PB-4B-000014 Kalayaan Cadastre). The island consists of: 1) Lawak Island, 2) Patag Island, 3) Likas Island, 4) Kota Island, 5) Panata Island, 6) Pag-asa ...
Jul 24, 2021 · MANILA, Philippines — A maritime expert disputed what he called wildly circulating misinformation that the Philippines lost possession and sovereignty over the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG)...
May 20, 2019 · It was in 1947 when he first discovered a group of islands in the vast expanse of the West Philippine Sea, now known as the Spratly Islands. The islands were, and still are, up for grabs ever since Japan renounced its claims after the war.
The Kalayaan Island Group or KIG is part of an archipelago of islet, sandbars, atolls, reefs shoal and cays known internationally as the Spratly Group of Islands. The Spartly Isands is a group of more than 600 islets, coral, reefs, sand bars, and atolls in the South China Sea.
The Spratly Islands ( Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan; [1] Mandarin Chinese: 南沙群島/南沙群岛; pinyin: Nánshā Qúndǎo; Malay: Kepulauan Spratly; Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa) are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.
4 days ago · Spratly Islands, large group of reefs, shoals, atolls, and small islets in the South China Sea of the Pacific Ocean. They are located north of insular Malaysia and are roughly midway between Vietnam and the Philippines, and they are claimed—wholly or in part—by several countries in the region.
The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute among Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership" of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in the South China Sea.
Dec 25, 2008 · This claim advanced through peculiar stages, starting when Thomas Cloma allegedly discovered islands in 1946, later named as Freedomland, and maturing to some extent in 1978 by the government's claim over the so-called Kalayaan Island Group.
Dec 25, 2008 · four groups: the Pratas Island and Reefs (Dongsha Qundao), the Macclesfield Bank (Zhongsha Qundao), the Paracel Islands (Xisha Qundao), and the Spratly Islands (Nansha Qundao.)
