The Philippines is upgrading facilities on Thitu Island, its only inhabited outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands, in a move seen as an effort to catch up with rival South China Sea claimants.
The latest annual Philippine budget allocated 1.65 billion pesos (US$27 million) to develop the airport as well as 300 million pesos for work on a sheltered port. More than 1 billion pesos has ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has allocated P3.03 billion in this year's budget to build ports and an airport on two of its remote outposts in the disputed Spratly Islands in ...
the Philippine capital. The southern islands are endowed with natural beauty: Long, white-sand beaches that trim the edges of crystal waters filled with marine life; lush forests with dramatic ...