Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin
Lorenzana said plans are afoot to construct a naval base in Casiguran town,
Aurora as part of the government’s efforts to secure the resource-rich
Philippine Rise.
He also added that he will soon visit and inspect the site
of the proposed naval base.
This is to determine what needs to be done as there is
already an existing airstrip in the location.
Secretary Lorenzana stated that it is very likely that only
piers are needed to be set up for the ships that will be assigned there.
In March, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to
put up something at Philippine (Benham) Rise to show that the undersea feature
belongs to the Philippines.
This was after Chinese survey ships were spotted off
Philippine Rise, reportedly looking for an area where submarines can be
deployed.
Navy frigates are now patrolling Philippine Rise on orders
of the Armed Forces’ Northern Luzon Command.
At present, there are no active naval bases on Luzon’s
eastern seaboard but there are only detachments, according to the Navy.
The only active naval base facing the east is the Camilo
Osias Naval Operating Base in Barangay San Vicente, Sta. Ana, Cagayan, on
mainland Luzon’s northernmost tip.
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