The Armed Forces of the Philippines yesterday announced its utilization of United States air assets from two sites of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement to help in the search and rescue operations for missing divers in Tubbataha Reef.
General Andres Centino’s visit to the three EDCA sites came days after the NolCom held a forum in Batanes with local government officials to present a “contingency plan” to the residents in case the province is caught in the middle of a heightened tension between China and the US.
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Filipino and American troops trained together in handling chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) as the “Balikatan” exercise officially marked its second day on Wednesday. The CBRN Company of the Army Support Command and a platoon from the 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID), both of the Philippine Army, and the…