{"id":102565,"date":"2017-05-16T03:08:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=102565"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:11:45","slug":"govt-urged-to-tap-local-industries-to-modernize-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/16\/govt-urged-to-tap-local-industries-to-modernize-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t urged to tap local industries to modernize military"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amid plans of the Duterte administration to utilize the USD 500-million loan being offered by Chinese government to modernize the Philippine military, a senator on Tuesday urged the government to first consider tapping local industries to create more jobs. (PNA photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Amid plans of the Duterte administration to utilize the USD 500-million loan being offered by Chinese government to modernize the Philippine military, a senator on Tuesday urged the government to first consider tapping local industries to create more jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuy local, create jobs. This should be the new mantra of the government,\u201d Senate Pres.<\/p>\n

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Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Recto made this remark following Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana\u2019s statement that the government plans to use the loan to procure defense equipment from China.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe must stop relying on foreign suppliers to modernize the military equipment of our armed forces,\u201d he added. \u201cThere is no need to borrow from China. We should tap our domestic industries for the equipment needed by our policemen and soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the only equipment or parts that the Philippine government should import are those which the country cannot produce locally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not bypass local industries which can provide parts or whole of the defense equipment being sought,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that if defense equipment can be made locally and the products are of the same price and quality as the ones bought abroad, then they should be manufactured in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should look inward and develop our own capability. It is cheaper to produce and maintain them locally, than to import them. That way, jobs are created for the Filipinos and the local industries are given the chance to grow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The senator cited the existence of local firearms industry which has been exporting its products for many decades noting that \u201csome of them were licensees of world\u2019s leading gun makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many of them, from boat builders to vehicle manufacturers to firearm\/ammunition makers who can step up to the plate once there are firm orders from the government,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

Recto said the country\u2019s car manufacturing industry can supply military and police vehicles.<\/p>\n

Moreover, he said that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s home province of Cebu can even build coastal patrol ships.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have a world-class shipbuilding industry in Cebu, but our government agencies have yet to harness its potential as a major source of military and civilian boats,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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