Manila’s Weak Claim to the Batanes.
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007By Chen Hurng-yu 陳鴻瑜
Taipei Times
12/23/07.
The Batanes Islands, controlled by the Philippines, are a territorial problem left over from the colonial period. When Spain and the US signed the Treaty of Paris in 1898, the islands were not adequately addressed and this led to irresolution. (more…)