1734 PHL map to help in claim over West Philippine Sea

Businessman and educator Mel Velarde on Tuesday, June 9, points to Panacot, the present-day Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, on the replica of the 1734 Murillo Velarde Map. The map will be submitted to the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague to support the claim of the Philippines on the disputed territories in the South China Sea. Velarde won the November 2014 Sotheby’s auction of the nearly 300-year-old map for £170,500 or more than P12 million. The original map is being kept in London. Ian Cruz/GMA News