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EDITORIAL BOARD
S/Y 2019-2020

Editor-in-Chief Justin Lloyd L.
Salvador
Associate Editor Kim Angela SR.
Cordez
Managing Editor Jannah Angel
S. Taduran
Feature Editor Eunice Mendoza
Sci-Tech Editor
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF
OCAMPO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Antonio G. Abano
Sports Editor
MAY—OCTOBER 2019 Arabella P. Asor
s President Rodrigo What is even more unjus- President Xi Jinping in 2016
Duterte’s submissive tifiably compelling is that seems to be blatantly unfair. Photojournalists Ric I. Puerta
policy with regards during the State of the Na- The Chinese would be al- Graphic Artists/Cartoonists Kim
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK to the West Philip- tion Address (SONA) of Pres- lowed to fish farther, on Alexandra Cordez
I, personally, am grateful for pines Sea justifiable ident Rodrigo Duterte, he Reed Bank, a rich fishing
your appreciation with this May or just a sign of formally announced to the ground within the 370-
2019—October 2019 release of I territorial vi- kilometer EEZ of the country, School Paper Adviser Joselito O.
weak
The Golden Land, the official stu- sion and power to execute in exchange for not blocking Belleza Jr.
dent publication of Ocampo Na- arbitral proceedings? Filipino fishermen from the Asst. School Paper
tional High School. The fact that Philippine owned Scar- Adviser Darwin O. Sentillas
you are reading this school paper, The country faces a terri- borough, or Panatag Shoal.
and this note, makes my heart torial dispute on the West
flutter. You are one of a kind. I am Philippine Sea where both We are still in the pro-
aware that not everyone pays at- China and the Philippines cess of developing our coun-
tention to reading articles, espe- have their ownership claims try and maintaining econom-
cially the students. on the sea in conflict. The ic development, so we must
The publication staff, with the West Philippine Sea is part not underestimate the crisis
help of their advisers, Joselito O. of the South China Sea that that could occur as far as
Belleza Jr., and Darwin O. Sentil- is included in the Philippines' agriculture and fisheries are
las, have exerted an unmeasura- Exclusive Economic Zone concerned, which could bring
ble amount of efforts to have this (EEZ). The Philippine EEZ detrimental impact not only
issue published. measures 200 nautical miles on the economy but also on
More so, I hope you enjoy your meaning that we do not own the lives of the common
reading until the very last page of the entire ocean; as far as Filipino people.
this school paper, and please con- Filipinos are concerned, we
tinue inspiring us to not give up on are simply claiming what is Duterte 's decision to
writing and publishing through ours in the first place. favor the Chinese fishing
your reading. vessels on our marine territo-
Unlike usual territories, rial ground and his failure to
Sincerely, we have no direct power over implement the Philippine
the EEZ. What we do have fisheries codes are chancy
JUSTIN LLOYD L. SALVADOR are the sovereignty rights, policies that will be carried
Editor-In-Chief however, to claim all the to the next generations. In
marine and local resources order to produce a result that
that we can gain from it. is advantageous to the na-
Note that these natural re- tional interest, our public
HOW TO USE QR serves are solely ours, and officials must change their
must be ours, and the fact ways and attitude.
To use the QR Code, download
the QR Code Scanner on Google that we even won the arbitral With this, Mr. Duterte is
case in the international tri-
Play and scan the QR codes bunal. committing even bigger
scattered on this issue. You transgressions against his
c a n a l s o g o t o Technically, resources own people for making such
www.qrstuff.com. Give it a try. could be shared by states, rash actions to give China
Internet is needed.
however, if it’s only excess, Filipino masses that he and the license to reap what ex-
but in our case, apparently Chinese President Xi Jin clusively belongs to the Fili-
there is none. So why give it Ping had a verbal agreement pinos in their EEZ.
to a neighbor who is much on fishing rights in the long-
richer and larger than us, and disputed sea. Worst of all, If this continues, what
which has lost the court? the moment he made that, will become of the Philip-
it's a final confirmation that pines? A province of China?
It is terribly amusing and the verbal agreement is now No way!
silly that we tend to help a legally binding agreement
others but we couldn't even on the Philippines and China. Intimidate us all they can,
help our own. If this still but one thing shall last, West
count as being hospitable, as And we cannot get out of PH Sea is and shall be ours. To know more about the
one Filipino value we uphold, it anymore. actual situation of the
well, we would reject our- West Philippine Sea,
selves to be called as one. The supposed deal Mr. watch the Reporters’
Notebook’s documentary
Duterte made with Chinese titled, “Batas ng Kara-
gatan.”

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