PREAMBLE

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of

Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane
society, and establish a Government that shall embody
our ideals and aspirations, promote the common
good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and
secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of
independence and democracy under the rule of law
and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality,
and peace, do ordain and promulgate this
Constitution.
 IS PREAMBLE PART OF
THE CONSTITUTION?
ARTICLE 1 – NATIONAL TERRITORY
The national territory comprises the
Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters
embraced therein, and all other territories over which
the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction,
consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains,
including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the
insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The
waters around, between, and connecting the islands of
the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and
dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the
Philippines.
IS WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
PART OF THE NATIONAL
TERRIORY OF THE
PHILIPPINES?
 TWO WAYS OF DRAWING
BASELINE

1. Normal Baseline Method

2. Straight Baseline Method
1. Normal Baseline Method
It is drawn following the low-water line
along the coast as marked on a large scale charts officially
recognized by the coastal state.
 2. Straight Baseline Method
It refers to an imaginary straight line
drawn joining the outermost islands of the archipelago.
TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN PHILIPPINES AND CHINA

The conflict between China and the Philippines in the Western Philippine
Sea (a.k.a. the South China Sea) is the result of years of territorial
dispute over the Spratly Islands – a group of 7,500 islands and reefs that
multiple countries have claimed as their own. The Spratlys are
strategically located along major trade routes, valuable as fishing
grounds, and a source of other natural resources like oil. Vietnam,
Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei also lay claim to the Spratlys citing
historical records and more. China is no different. It cites the “nine-dash
line,” which first appeared in 1947 atlases, as the basis for its claim. The
line, it said, is a historical demarcation of its continental shelf, although
the line itself has no fixed coordinates.
▪ Therefore, the Philippines has sovereign
rights – but not sovereignty – over these
features.
 Alam mo para kang natural resources na
matatagpuan sa pagitan ng 12 nautical miles
hanggang 200 nautical miles ng bansa natin.

Wala man ako EXCLUSIVE LEGAL AUTHORITY para

angkinin ka at pagbawalan sila lumapit sayo pero
may SOVEREIGN RIGHTS ako para magselos at
magtampo.