JUNE 16, Manila — The Philippine government will submit a 300-year old map of the Philippines, which was published in 1734 by a Jesuit friar, to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to support its petition to nullify China’s claim in the West Philippine Sea. The said map, which shows Panatag Shoal, or Scarborough Shoal, off the coast of Zambales province, was published in Manila by the Jesuit friar Pedro Murillo […]