'West Philippine Sea' now visible on Google Maps without specific search

Google’s ‘West Philippine Sea’ label boosts Philippines’ maritime claim - BusinessWorld Online

By Chloe Mari A. Hufana, Reporter TECH GIANT Google LLC’s decision to label a part of the South China Sea as the “West Philippine Sea” is a symbolic win for the Philippines in its sea dispute with China, according to a diplomacy expert. “This move by Google further legitimizes our sole rights over the disputed [waters],” Josue Raphael J. Cortez, a diplomacy lecturer at De La Salle-College of St. Benilde in Manila, told BusinessWorld in a Faceboo…

Party-list on Google Map's West Philippine Sea label: 'Size matters'

West Philippine Sea (Google Maps)          Trabaho Party-list welcomed on Tuesday, April 15 Google Maps' move of increasing the label size for West Philippine Sea (WPS), which made it visible on the app sans high zoom levels.“The size of the West Philippines Sea label matters as it speaks clearly of our ownership and rights–atin ang West Philippine Sea (The West Philippine Sea is ours)--and the international community can see that as well," part…

Manila praises Google’s move to put ‘West Philippine Sea’ on the map

A senator says the move by Google Maps proves the correctness of Manila’s policy to defend its sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea.

WPS on Google Maps affirms int'l recognition of PH sovereign rights —AFP

The Armed Forces of the Philippines welcomed the inclusion of the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps, saying that it affirmed international recognition of the country"s sovereign rights.

'West Philippine Sea' now visible on Google Maps without specific search

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users—the West Philippine Sea.

'West Philippine Sea', Once Invisible To Most Users, Now Seen On Google Maps

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea.