Aside from outlining the administration’s policy priorities, including the legislative agenda and plans to address pressing national issues, I am looking forward to hearing the President’s plans for job creation, poverty reduction, measures to stimulate economic growth, and matters concerning security threats, particularly on the issue of China’s aggressive actions within the West Philippine Sea.…
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(MANILA TIMES) RECENT developments in the maritime sector, the massive oil spill from a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro that affected four provinces, and the continued Chinese incursions and aggressions in waters within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone highlight the need to modernize the fleet of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to make it more…
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(ABANTE) Bunsod ng mga pinakahuling kaganapan sa maritime sector, itinataguyod ni Senador Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada ang modernisasyon ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) upang makaagapay ito at agarang makatugon sa mga maritime emergencies. Tinukoy ni Estrada ang aksidenteng kinasangkutan ng oil tanker na lumubog sa Oriental Mindoro na nakaaapekto na sa apat na probinsya dahil sa…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), whose current assets are not enough to patrol the country’s territorial waters and protect Filipino fishermen against foreign aggressors. Estrada said given the recent developments in the maritime sector, Estrada said he finds it necessary to modernize…
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Jinggoy heeds PCG’s plea for modernization: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Bill No. 2016, proposing a 15-year modernization program for the country’s oldest and only humanitarian armed service, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). “With the colossal task of enforcing regulations in accordance with maritime international conventions, treaties, and national laws within the country’s jurisdiction,…
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RECENT developments in the maritime sector, the massive oil spill from a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro that has already affected four provinces, and the continued Chinese incursions and aggressions in waters within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone highlight the need to modernize the fleet of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to make it more…
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