Maritime
121st Maritime Forum
Held
by Nil Garces Belar
T
Marcial Q.C. Amaro III
he 121st Maritime Forum of Maritime
League took place last April 21 at the
central office of forum host – the
Maritime Industry Authority (Marina-
at Parkview Plaza, T. M. Kalaw St. corner
Taft Ave., Ermita, Manila.
The first to be hosted by Marina since
Amaro assumed his position as Marina
chief among the events that took place were: the review
and confirmation of 120th Maritime Forum held last
March 31, 2017 at the Maritime Academy of Asia and
the Pacific (MAAP) in Kamaya Point, Mariveles, Bataan
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where heated discussions and interactions ensued with
former National Security Adviser and Parañaque City
Rep. Roilo S. Golez as resource speaker, who rallied the
nation to insist before the world that the Philippines and
Filipinos ‘have sovereign rights’ over the huge Benham
Rise. During the event, the League and cross-section
participants asked Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo N. Bataoil to
lead in drafting and filing a resolution before the House
of Representatives, officially stating that the Philippines
has ‘sovereign rights’ on Benham Rise. The 120th Maritime
Forum was also the venue where MAAP led by its president,
Vice Admiral Eduardo Ma. R. Santos and maritime