WHAT IS MANAMO?
Presidential Proclamation 316, signed by President Duterte on 14 September 2017
designated the Month of September each year as the Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (MANA Mo).
MANA Mo encourages all Philippine government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations and local government units, as well as the private sector, to implement programs and activities that contribute to raising awareness about maritime and archipelagic issues.
20170914-PROC-316-RRD.pdfOUR THEME FOR TEAM WORK!
This year's national theme is
"Our Seas, Our Livelihood, Our Life Source: A Whole-of-
Nation Approach Towards Raising Maritime and Ocean Awareness."
The Department of Foreign Affairs also adopted the sub-theme:
“Philippines as an Archipelagic State: UNCLOS@40”
to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the signing of the 1982 UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)