MANILA, Jan 23 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): Subic Bay was tagged as a “priority” site for infrastructure projects aimed at “supporting economic growth” in the Philippines, diplomats and defencse officials of Manila and Washington said in a meeting last week, which tackled at the outset security cooperation and “issues related to the South China Sea.”
The former US naval base in Zambales province, which became a free port after the Philippine Senate voted in 1991 to reject US bases in the country, has recently been visited by US officials, beginning with Ambassador MaryKay Carlson in November last year and Lindsey Ford of the US Department of Defense last week.
