Philippines plans military hub, sea cameras amid China row 11 published : 10 May 2021 at 16:49 11 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the newly constructed beach-ramp at Philippine-held Pag-Asa island, also known as Thitu island, in the Spratly archipelagos during a visit of Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Department of National Defense Philippines (DND) / AFP) The Philippines plans to convert a South China Sea island into a military hub amid rising tensions with China. The Philippine military will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to fund a logistics hub on Thitu Island, its chief General Cirilito Sobejana said, as the nation seeks to sustain patrols in the South China Sea. It’s also planning to place high-resolution, night-capable cameras to monitor activities around islands claimed by the Philippines, he said.