The U.S. Army is set to help build a new civilian seaport in the strategic Philippine province of Batanes.

The Southeast Asian country is building the U.S.-funded port with an eye toward receiving fleeing Philippine nationals in the event of a conflict over Taiwan, ABS-CBN News reported Batanes Governor Marilou Cayco as saying.…

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