MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Navy on Monday (Dec. 7) signed a deal allowing the construction of a naval air base in Casiguran, Aurora province, which would boost Navy presence near Philippine (Benham) Rise.
The Navy and Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (Apeco) signed a memorandum of agreement for the construction of a 12,000-hectare “naval support facility and naval air detachment” in Casiguran, the Navy said in a statement.
Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo and Apeco president and CEO Israel Maducdoc signed the agreement at the Navy headquarters. This will be endorsed for approval of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.
Bacordo said the deal will pa…
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