The Scarborough Shoal and It’s Location Scarborough Shoal or Scarborough Reef‚ also known as Huangyan Island or Panatag Shoal is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon Island of the Philippines in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. It is a group of rocks or very small islands plus reefs in an atoll shape. The was named after the East India Company tea-trade ship Scarborough which was wrecked on one of its rocks on 12 September 1784 with all lives lost. Scarborough Shoal/Panatag
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Scarborough Shoal or Scarborough Reef‚ also known as Huangyan Island[2](simplified Chinese: 黄岩岛; traditional Chinese: 黃岩島; pinyin: Huángyán Dǎo)‚ Bajo de Masinloc[3] or Panatag Shoal[4] (Filipino: Kulumpol ng Panatag)‚ is a shoal located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon Island of the Philippines in the South China Sea. It is a disputed territory claimed by the People’s Republic of China‚ Republic of China (Taiwan)‚ and the Philippines. The shoal’s status is often discussed in conjunction
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surveillance plane spots eight Chinese fishing vessels anchored in a lagoon at Scarborough Shoal. As a response‚ the Philippine Navy dispatched the BRP GREGORIO DEL PILAR‚ the lone Navy warship acquired from the United States‚ from Palawan to the waters of Northern Luzon to conduct surveillance and maritime patrol over the Shoal. On 10 April 2012‚ upon verification of the company of fishing vessels anchored on the shoal‚ the Navy warship deployed a boarding team of Filipino sailors for an inspection
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Scarborough issues Both the Philippines and China continue to assert sovereignty over the same area in the South China Sea. We therefore have an “international dispute‚” an element necessary before one can go to an international court. We want to settle the dispute through the judicial resolution provision in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos); but China does not. That is the bind we are in. Suppose‚ however‚ that China eventually agrees to go to court. Can the Unclos
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In May of 1987‚ a young woman was raped in Scarborough‚ Ontario. This was the first in a series of rapes which the media would begin referring to as “The Scarborough Rapist” (Sellers). The rapist was‚ in fact‚ Paul Bernardo‚ then 23 years old. He would eventually admit to fourteen rapes; he was associated in as many as 50 (Sellers). Five months later Bernardo met Karla Homolka‚ then 17‚ in a hotel restaurant in Scarborough. Prior to meeting Bernardo‚ Homolka had shown no signs of criminal or
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Panatag Shoal Presented by: Agtay‚ Aldwin Christian R. Bayani‚ Shaireen Nicole Cabral‚ Marinella C. Castillo‚ Mikhaela Justine Dela Paz‚ Oderf C. Lunar‚ Marco Paolo F. Medrano‚ Angelica B. Robles‚ Jhobet C. Villanueva‚ Ailyn C. GE-2215 December 2014 INTRODUCTION Scarborough Shoal‚ also known as Scarborough Reef‚ Democracy Reef(Chinese: 民主礁; pinyin: Mínzhǔ Jiāo)‚ Huangyan Island (simplified Chinese: 黄岩岛; traditional Chinese: 黃岩島; pinyin: Huángyán Dǎo)‚ Bajo de Masinloc and Panatag Shoal (Filipino: Kulumpol
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Muscle Shoals‚ a portion of the Tennessee River‚ was part of the Tennessee River. The river was unique because it had a 130 foot drop in elevation for 30 miles. The drop in elevation made it seemingly impossible to travel upstream‚ or against the current. The drop in the elevation created rapids‚ called “shoals”. This part of the Tennessee River is where the Tennessee Valley Authority originated. The Tennessee River Valley was a very fertile place. Cotton and corn thrived growing in the river valley
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and they do not do anything good. He explains this to Montag by stating three claims that all support his opinion. These claims are: the need for intelligence was cut down when technology had started to advance; books do not make everybody happy‚ they offend at least somebody which makes controversy throughout the globe; and books make people worry about things that they should not being worrying about. The first claim that Beatty had made was that knowledge or need for intelligence was cut down
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Claims and Arguments A. Statement- or claim is an assertion that something is or is not the case; it is either true or B. Argument- an argument is a group of statements‚ one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest. In an argument the supporting statements are known as premises; the statement being supported is known as a conclusion. C. Indicator Words- are terms that often appear in arguments and signal that a premise or conclusion may be nearby. Arguments Good and Bad
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TERRITORIAL CLAIMS BY THE PHILIPPINES 1. Sabah / North Borneo A majority of Filipinos everywhere are wondering what this Sabah claim is all about. The Philippine history books‚ Malaysian’s probably too‚ have not mentioned about the Philippines’ stake on the northern part of the island of Borneo. On the other hand‚ the Malaysians maybe furious that there are a lot of attention now being focused to that part of the Malaysian federation to which they believe was theirs since
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