Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Sheltered port on Pag asa Island operational by June 12, 2020
The new structures on Pag-asa will make traveling to and staying on the island easier for both the Philippine military and civilians, thus helping to establish a more constant Filipino presence in region.
The sheltered port will be operational by June 12, Philippine Independence Day, according to Transportation Secretary Art Tugade in a televised briefing on Thursday night, May 29.
Besides the sheltered port, a beaching ramp constructed by the Department of National Defense has already been completed, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said recently. The beaching ramp will allow builders to haul in large construction equipment and materials. One of the projects laid out is the paving of the airstrip itself.
The unpaved airstrip gets soft when it rains, making it difficult to schedule flights to the island. It takes 5 days of zero rainfall for the ground on the airstrip to harden enough for a military C-130 plane to land.
Pag-asa, is the second largest island in the Spratlys Group, and the largest in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). It is the only one of the Philippines' 9 islets in the KIG inhabited by a civilian community. All in all, Pag-asa Island is home to around 250 people, including a military contingent.
It's pretty small compared to the 7 artificial islands China reclaimed in the area, but it is a concrete step forward in the Philippines' bit to assert its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.
The plans to build the beaching ramp and upgrade the airstrip were first announced in 2017.
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Sheltered port on Pag asa Island operational by June 12, 2020
The new structures on Pag-asa will make traveling to and staying on the island easier for both the Philippine military and civilians, thus helping to establish a more constant Filipino presence in region.
The sheltered port will be operational by June 12, Philippine Independence Day, according to Transportation Secretary Art Tugade in a televised briefing on Thursday night, May 29.
Besides the sheltered port, a beaching ramp constructed by the Department of National Defense has already been completed, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said recently. The beaching ramp will allow builders to haul in large construction equipment and materials. One of the projects laid out is the paving of the airstrip itself.
The unpaved airstrip gets soft when it rains, making it difficult to schedule flights to the island. It takes 5 days of zero rainfall for the ground on the airstrip to harden enough for a military C-130 plane to land.
Pag-asa, is the second largest island in the Spratlys Group, and the largest in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG). It is the only one of the Philippines' 9 islets in the KIG inhabited by a civilian community. All in all, Pag-asa Island is home to around 250 people, including a military contingent.
It's pretty small compared to the 7 artificial islands China reclaimed in the area, but it is a concrete step forward in the Philippines' bit to assert its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.
The plans to build the beaching ramp and upgrade the airstrip were first announced in 2017.
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