The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion at NAIA in Manila. | FMangosingINQ
“All the more we want to remain there so to ensure that there are no security violations,” he told Inquirer.net over the weekend.Sangley’s location also allows the Navy, the military’s naval warfare service branch, to conduct surveillance operations and use it as a staging point.
In February, Duterte inaugurated Sangley airport, which boasts of a 2.4-kilometer runway that would be used for general aviation and turboprop cargo operations.Construction of new facilities, such as a passenger terminal building, hangars and drainage system, started in late 2018. Citing sources involved in the bidding of the SPIA project, the Inquirer reported in January that the bidding process had favored CCCC from the very start, but Malacañang and the Cavite government played down the allegations.Immediately after the recent US announcement on its trade blacklist of Chinese companies linked to China’s island-building in the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
“Instead of them going south of 1898 Avenue and reclaiming Cañacao Bay, why won’t they reclaim the northward site so everything south of 1898 Avenue will still be occupied by the Navy?” Bacordo said. “If you look at the plan for SPIA, they will cover the whole of Sangley, plus they will reclaim about three-fourths of Cañacao Bay,” he said.In December last year, Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla said he would propose that the Philippine Air Force “co-use” the SPIA to ease security fears. He made no mention of the Philippine Navy.
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