MANILA, April 8 -- Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday said the United States Navy's capability to assist the Philippine government in cloud seeding operations can be part of the maritime cooperation agreement between the two countries, which includes humanitarian aid and calamity response.

"To add value to the current maritime cooperation, I look forward to the involvement of US Navy planes in assisting us in cloud seeding operations in various parts of the country to help us combat the current El Nino, to help our farmers," Tolentino said in a press briefing.

"Siguro, yung ating existing cooperation sa kanila na kasama ang humanitarian missions ay hindi lang naman calamity. Calamity din po ang El Nino eh (Maybe our existing cooperatio...