Manila, April 4 -- Engineering units of the Philippine and US militaries are constructing a multi-purpose facility for residents of Barangay Dagupan, Lal-lo, Cagayan as part of this year's "Balikatan" exercises, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Friday.

Taking part are the Philippine Air Force's 355th Aviation Engineer Wing and the US Marine Corps' Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, AFP public affairs office chief Col. Xerxes Trinidad said in a statement.

"The construction started on March 24 and is expected to be completed on May 7. The 'multi-purpose facility' is one of the engineering civic action program sites for Exercise Balikatan 40-2025," he added.

Balikatan 2025 is scheduled to begin in late April and end in mid...