The commercial contract of Phase 1 of the Safe Philippines project is listed as no. 24 of 29 agreements released by Malacañang as signed during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping last month. Under the project, an initial 12,000 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in Metro Manila and Davao City in 30 months. Funding for the project was tucked into the P96-billion unprogrammed funds column in the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. Recto noted that Huawei is blacklisted in many countries and one of its top officials was recently arrested in Canada on national security charges from the US.

Source: Philippine Star December 12, 2018 16:28 UTC