The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is spending P450 million to build a new seaport in Pag-asa Island in the Spratly archipelago, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, a member of the House committee on appropriations, said over the weekend.

“Funding for the project has been included in the House-approved 2017 General Appropriations Act, under the DOTr’s aggregate P3.98-billion spending program for the maritime sector,” Pimentel said.

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