THE bicameral conference committee approved on Wednesday the final version of the maritime zones bill, taking it closer to being sent to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for approval.
"The Maritime Zones Law is long overdue. We urgently need a law delineating our maritime domains to assert the extent of our sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction under Unclos (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea)," said Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Jose Francisco "Kiko" Benitez, one of the authors of the bill.
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