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PH, US air forces to lead biennial Pacific Airlift Rally

THE Philippines and the United States will lead participating air forces from 14 countries during the Pacific Airlift Rally 2023, a biennial exercise that will run from Aug. 14 to 18 in military bases across Luzon and Visayas.

The activities will be held at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat, Pampanga; Colonel

Jesus Villamor Air Base in Pasay City; and Brigadier General Benito Ebuen Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

The event was previously held in Lombok Island, Indonesia last September 2021.

In a statement, the Philippine Air Force said the activity would cover airborne training exercises, airlift operations, and logistical planning table-top exercises that will focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations.

“The Indo-Asia-Pacific region is home to 60 percent of the world’s population in 45 nations spread across 53

Gov’t frets over high ratio of public debt to GDP

By Julito G. Rada

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government is concerned about the country’s debt even though the country is doing bet- ter than its neighbors. The Philippines' debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is “not ideal,” Marcos told members of the US-ASEAN Business Council who visited the Palace.

By Rey E. Requejo

“We worry about our debt-toGDP ratio in the Philippines, as it stands at about 63 percent and that’s a little high for us and it is not ideal,” he said.

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