12/07/2026
๐บ๏ธ DRAWING THE LINES OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY: Commemorating 10 Years of the 2016 Arbitral Award ๐ต๐ญ
A decade ago, on July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a historic victory for the Filipino people. The Arbitral Award firmly established legal certainty under international lawโinvalidating expansive, baseless claims and confirming our exclusive sovereign rights to explore, conserve, and manage the vast wealth of the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
As the central mapping agency of the Philippines, the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) carries a profound and enduring duty: to give the law its visual, scientific, and geographical reality.
Our hydrographers, cartographers, and engineers systematically chart those victories out at seaโtransforming legal text into the official maps that define our nation.
Today, NAMRIA celebrates with the entire nation on this historic milestone. We remain steadfastly committed to providing the public, our armed forces, and the international community with the most accurate, rigorous, and definitive reflection of Philippine territory and maritime zones.
What is ours will always be ours. ๐ต๐ญ