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Luzviminda, a Filipino citizen, owns a parcel of land in the Philippines. She dies intestate, leaving as her sole heir her spouse Noor, a foreign national residing in Bahrain. Under the 1987 Constitution's National Economy and Patrimony provisions, address the following: (a) May Noor own the land by hereditary succession? Explain the controlling rule and apply it to this fact pattern. (b) If Luzviminda had executed a will granting the land to Noor, would that transfer be permitted? Explain. (c) If Noor later naturalizes as a Filipino citizen, how would that affect ownership of the land and the validity of the earlier transfer, if any?