is the Spratley Island owned by the philippines or not?
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The Spratley Islands are jointly disputed by China, Taiwan, The Phillipines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei. The islands are located in the middle of the South China Sea almost equidistant between China and the Phillipines.\n\nThe Phillipines claims to the islands lie in that it is part of the large Kelawan island group already under Phillipine sovereignty. The government has sent troops to the island on account of protecting the Kalayaan islanders which is the nearest Phillipine territory to the Spratlys. There does not seem a great deal of historical basis for the Filipino claim that the Spratley chain is part of Kelawan.\n\nOf the other claimants, China, Taiwan and Vietnam have stronger historical associations to the islands due to the fact that they were first discovered by fishermen from these areas, who still continue to fish in the vicinity. France also claimed the islands on behalf of it's Indochina colony before Vietnam declared independence. This claim has been disputed by all other parties.
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It is an island in the West Indies, Lesser islands (former British colony).\nCheck out the official site of the island.
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Where is the land and do you own it outright????
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if you are talking about spanisch colonization i van help you.........Philippines was colonizes by Spain. what does spain wants to Philippines is the 3G(gold, God and glory). they want money, glory (fame) and spread the catholicism in us. the spain can get the glory and money by introducing the Catholic religion to us. why religion? they are scarying us that God will punish us if we dont do the right thing and the right thing is to follow what the spain government will tell us!
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the correct answer is "B" -the phillipines, cuba, puerto rico, and guam were all taken from spain.
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Foreigners can not own land in the RP They may buy leasehold houses or Condiminums but have to pay rent for the land that they sit on.\n\nThe 1987 Constitution bans foreigners from owning land in the\nPhilippines. The Investors' Lease Act (R.A. 7652, 1994) allows\nforeign companies investing in the Philippines to lease land for\n50 years, renewable once for another 25 years, for a maximum 75\nyears.
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Ferdinand Magellan was dubbed the "discoverer" of the Philippines after he landed on the island of Homonhon, near Samar, on March 17, 1521. He claimed the islands in the name of King Philip II of Spain and named them Felipinas, the Philippines. He was later killed in Mactan Island of Cebu in a clash with native warriors led by a chieftain named Lapu-lapu.
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There is no such thing as an investment house in the philippines.  You are being scammed if you buy any real estate there. Only invest in economically prosperous countries. Example....USA.
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its The Republic of the Philippines.
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Actually it has really a basis,cause as what the Muslims ancestors in the southern Mindanao,Sabah Malaysia is a part of the philippines teritory before infact the Malaysian people are just renting it but i dont know now if why is it Sabah was officially part of Malaysia teritory. But the Kalayaan group of island is an official part of the Philippines area of responsibility.
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The Philippines are a large archipelago of seven thousand islands near the coast of Asia. The primary commercial products are hemp, sugar cane, hemp, tobacco, coconut, rubber, gold and copper deposits. Much of its trade is done with the U.S.A. Even though the Philippines was surmounted by the Spanish, the Filipino people were still able to retain their identity. They are mostly Malay and Chinese with a small Spanish minority. To my knowledge, the Philippians's population is approximately 61,480,000 and the area is approximately 115,600 square miles. The Philippines is about 80% Catholic with a small Muslim minority. It is interesting to note that the Philippines was named after Philip of Spain.\n It is also interesting to note that in 1895 a group of Filipinos( called the Manila Men(mostly from the southern part of the Philippines) settled a little community near New Orleans, Louisiana. Using their experience of fishing in the Philippines, these men found the bayous of Louisiana similar to the bayous in the Philippines. They eventually founded one of the oldest and most popular fishing villages in Barataria Bay, Manila Village, named after the capital of the Philippines, Manila.
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By the Phillippine's.
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The Philippines are islands in the Pacific and WWI was fought in Europe. For the most part is was a land-based war and the Philippines was just on the wrong side of the world to effectively participate.\n\nThe Phillipines had no choice in WWII. They were attacked by Japan and over-run.
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The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands in the South China Sea situated between Taiwan to the north and Borneo to the south. Just 2,000 of its islands are inhabited and only 500 are larger than a kilometre square. The nine largest islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Samar, Negros, Leyte and Cebu make up 90% of the nation's land area. The islands are located on the western margin of the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and are undergoing mountain building through volcanic activity. The islands therefore have some very rugged terrain, and there is a very limited amount of land suitable for agriculture. The region is also noted for its great amount of earthquake activity.
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The train is operated by Malaysia. It's a malaysian railway, not ours. They bought the land to operate the railway, thus the land isn't ours!
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I believe that is Okinotori Island also known as Parece Vela. It's a tiny Island claimed by the Japanese as their territory but disputed by the Chinese.
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an island nation in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital. It lies 1,210 kilometres from mainland Asia and comprises 7,107 islands called the Philippine Archipelago, approximately 700 of which are inhabited.