The Philippine archipelago is bounded by the Philippine Sea to the east, the Celebes Sea to the south, the Sulu Sea to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the west and north
The hands of the people
Assuming you mean direct democracy.
An astrolabe<span> is an elaborate </span>inclinometer<span>, historically used by </span>astronomers<span> and </span>navigators<span>, to measure the </span>inclined position<span> in the sky of a </span>celestial body<span>, day or night. It can thus be used to identify stars or planets, to determine local latitude given local time and vice versa, to survey, or to </span>triangulate<span>.</span>