an allotted space to supplement their supplies of goods provided by a naval vessel which visits once a month. By day, the residents get electricity from a power generator owned by the municipality. By night, they shift to stored solar power that comes from 1.5-volt solar panels installed on the island. The houses do not have running water – water is used from tanks in front of each house. A diesel power plant was activated on 12 June 2021, providing full power from day to night. In April 2021, the Department of Information and Communications Technology announced the installation of free Wi-Fi facilities at Pag-asa Island Elementary School, Barangay Hall, and other sites on the island. This has allowed children on the island to continue with their distance learning. The Philippine Coast Guard plans to upgrade its coast guard station on Pag-asa Island to boost monitoring of incursions and maritime safety and search and rescue. Military The island has been occupied and administered by the Philippines since 1971. Being the second largest of the Spratly Islands, It is tightly protected by the Philippine forces. The island's beaches have unused concrete bunkers which were built in the 1970s, a few years after the Philippine military base was established. Two-thirds of the Philippine military stationed in Philippine-occupied islands (i.e. 40 out of 60 soldiers) are assigned to the island. Rancudo Airfield Rancudo Airfield, named after the former Philippine Air Force Commanding General, Jose L. Rancudo, is a military and civilian airfield which was built in 1978 and has a unpaved airstrip. It is currently operating on just 1,200 meters because both ends of the runway have been eroded by the sea. Repairs, initially set to begin by 2018, have been delayed. Naval Station Emilio Liwanag Naval Station Emilio Liwanag (formerly called as Naval Station Pag-Asa) is the naval base of the Philippine Navy within Kalayaan, Palawan. It was renamed on 7 July 2009, in honor of Emilio S. Liwanag, a retired World War II and Korean War veteran. In 2004, the Philippine Navy's BRP Lanao del Norte (LT-504) ran aground during a failed attempt to dock near the island. The damaged ship remains at the site of the wreck. Additionally, the Philippine Navy has since then built a naval base be built on the island, specifically for the purposes of training the Philippine Navy's elite Special Warfare Group or Navy Seals. Development