Author: DA-AFID | 20 July 2017
Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol shows a photograph of the proposed research rig to be built on Benham Bank, the shallowest portion of the Philippine Rise. The P4-billion rig will house a research station, helipad, docking area, and advanced command post for researchers, scientists, law enforcement agents, and even fishers who get their catch from the said area. ### (Carlos Baldosa, DA-AFID)