BASCO, Batanes, Philippines — Rival superpowers United States and China are pouring aid into Batanes, the Philippines' northernmost island closest to Taiwan, which Beijing considers its territory. Batanes Gov. Marilou Cayco announced the new forms of assistance pledged by Washington and Beijing during the island province's 240th founding anniversary on Monday. Cayco said the United States Agency for International Development and the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology would set up a Starlink premium service for a faster internet service across Basco, the provincial capital.

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