MANILA, Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the ...

The portion of the South China Sea west of the Philippines is now labeled by Google Maps as the West Philippine Sea, a quick ...

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This was the sentiment shared by many Filipinos online after learning that Google Maps displays the label, West Philippine Sea, to refer to the waters west of the Philippine archipelago ... over the ...

The West Philippine Sea label has been included in the digital mapping platform, Google Maps. Screengrab from ... government's 2012 Administrative Order No. 29, which formally designated the maritime ...

U.S. tech giant Google LLC has added the “West Philippine Sea” in its mapping service platforms Google Maps and Google Earth ... side of the Philippine archipelago, including the Luzon ...

The allied forces also agreed to stage special operations forces training in Batanes province in the northernmost tip of the Philippine archipelago across a sea border from Taiwan, he said.