A resolution allocating P100 million to the study of the Benham Rise in disputed waters has been approved by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The Benham Rise is a 13 million-hectare undersea plateau approximately 160 nautical miles east of Luzon, off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora.

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