Soldiers and police officers fight off isolation and loneliness as they maintain the government’s presence in a cluster of islands and reefs in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, amid geopolitical tensions over sovereignty and maritime rights.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – In a cluster of islands and reefs in the western part of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, soldiers and police officers maintain the government’s presence in a territory amid. Their biggest adversaries on these islands, however, are isolation and loneliness.
DEFEBDERS. Soldiers and police officers assigned to the Kalayaan Group of Islands strike a pose as they feel reinvigorated following their resiliency and confidence-building activities in May 2023. – courtesy of the Naval Station Emilio Liwanag Information OfficeCommunication with the rest of the country has long been a challenge for residents and government troops stationed there.
In 2021, DICT offered free Wi-Fi at various locations, including the Pag-asa Island Elementary School, Pag-asa Island Barangay Hall, Pag-asa Island Basketball Court, and a town government facility. Former Kalayaan mayor Eugenio Bito-onon Jr. said all communications are better done using the Messenger app.
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