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    • Backlash grows over 'Abominable' map 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2019, on page A12)
      A scene in the film " Abominable" featuring a map with Beijing's disputed South China Sea claims sparked a growing regional backlash Friday, with Malaysia cutting the segment just days after Vietnam pulled the movie entirely.
    • ‘Mother of Philippine maps’ settles sea dispute with China 

      Ma. Garcia, Leovino (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 15, 2015, on page C1-C2)
      It will come as a big surprise for many that, in 1991, the 1734 Murillo Velarde map, now making front-page news, was offered with a starting bid of 10,000 German marks (P186,000) at an auction in Frankfurt! Alerted by ...
    • When Scarborough was ‘Panacot’ 

      Ocampo, Ambeth R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2015, on page A16)
      Sometimes, I fall into a trap and regret it—big-time. Some years ago, a friend from the Department of Foreign Affairs proposed that I spend a few months in Spain to dig up old maps and charts of the Philippines involving ...