Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Factbook

The CIA World Factbook is a little different from the other resources on this list in that it is not an online journal directory or repository. It is, however, a highly useful research database for academics in a variety of disciplines. All the information is free to access, and it provides facts about every country in the world, including information about the history, geography, transportation, and much more.

Space program overview

Philippines has a small and ambitious space program focused on acquiring satellites and related technologies, largely for the areas of climate studies, national security, and risk management; also prioritizing development of the country’s space expertise and industry; manufactures and operates satellites (mostly micro- and nano-sized), including remote sensing (RS) and scientific/experimental; has relations with a variety of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, the European Space Agency and some of its member states, Japan, Russia, and the US (2024) note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide

(Maritime Claims) Philippines

Territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty, since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea as wide as 285 nm
Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 nm
Continental Shelf: to the depth of exploitation