AFP patrols Malampaya to secure gas field

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has conducted a monitoring patrol over the Malampaya gas field in Palawan to secure the country's newly discovered natural gas reserve.

- By PIA LEE-BRAGO

AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Friday led the aerial monitoring patrol and site visit within the Joint Task Force (JTF) Malampaya area of responsibility “to assess the security posture and operational readiness in safeguarding the Malampaya Natural Gas Power Project, one of the country’s most critical energy infrastructure within the West Philippine Sea.”