Plans
West York Island (Likas) belongs to the Municipality of Kalayaan, Palawan. However, because there is no civilian population in this island, it cannot qualify for any political subdivision the Philippines has. Kalayaan, Palawan is the only municipality in the Philippines to have a single barangay. Barangays are political subdivisions that comprises Philippine municipalities and cities. Kalayaan's lone barangay is Pagasa Island (Thitu) which has about 300 civilian population.
Because it is the second largest island among Philippine-occupied Spratly islands, Kalayaan municipal officials proposed that this island be populated with civilian settlers within the coming years. If accomplished, Likas will be the second barangay of Kalayaan. However, Likas' land area is only 50% of Pagasa's and only naval vessels are currently capable of reaching the island. An estimate of 300 million pesos (US$7.5M) will be needed to construct an airstrip, a docking site, some land reclamation and other structures necessary to support an isolated community.
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