MEDIA coverage for this year’s Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises between the Philippines and the US will be limited to the opening and closing ceremonies, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Lt. Liezl Vidallon, Balikatan public affairs director for the Philippines, said that “higher-ups” have decided to close the field exercises in Crow Valley, Tarlac and in Zambales, with Zambales being close to the disputed territories, particularly the Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) in the West Philippine Sea where China recently set up anti-ship and air-to-air missile systems.|
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