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At a hearing of the Senate committee on foreign relations, panel chairperson Senator Imee Marcos said the selected locations—two in Cagayan, one in Palawan and one in Isabela—seemed “random” and “no longer purposeful with regard to the modernization of the AFP .”
“We can see that our vulnerabilities are located at the north-eastern side in terms of maritime security. While on the disaster side in the areas of Cagayan and also in Isabela, we see our experiences that these areas have been isolated during the previous typhoons that we have experienced,” he said.
These projects include the runway project at Basa Air Base, a storage facility at Mactan Air Base, and the humanitarian assistance and disaster response warehouse at Fort Magsaysay.To date, the US has allocated a total of over $100 million to EDCA projects including additional $18 million announced during the third 2+2 ministerial dialogue held in Washington last week covering projects in both existing and new agreed EDCA sites.
“So whatever new activity that could arise would have to be subject to agreement by both parties,” he said.
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