Who has sovereignty over Batanes and other territories north of our islands?

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THE Republic of the Philippines. No doubt. The subject of this essay are territories reckoned from Babuyan and Balintang islands north of the Luzon Strait. The islands are: Sabtang, Vohos, Dequey, Batan, Di’Nem, Itbayat, Siayan, Di’Tarem, A’Li, Misanga and Mavulis. Mavulis island is located at the northernmost part of the Philippines, nearer to the Bashi Channel than Taiwan will ever be. It boasts of a desalination plant, is guarded by our military and flies our flag on its soil. Mavulis, or Maulis, is also known as Amianan which means north in the Ilocano language; in colonial maps of the Philippines,…

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