Still No Plan to Fix PH Runway in West PH Sea
Still No Plan to Fix PH Runway in West PH Sea 14 Januari 2017 PAG-ASA ISLAND. The second biggest island in the disputed South China Sea is home to about a hundred Filipinos. (photo : PAF) MANILA, Philippines – The Duterte administration continues to defer the repair of the Philippines" only runway in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as China has reportedly built runways on at least 3 reefs it illegally reclaimed. (READ: PH runway in Spratlys erodes as China reclaims to build own) "Because of warming relations with China, we are not going to make any aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea," said Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Año on Thursday, January 12. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said they will keep the "status quo" and will continue to set aside the money – up to P800 million ($16 million) – already allocated by the previous administration to repair the runway. The Rancudo Airfield was built in...