The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is pushing for the revision of rules governing its response protocols to potential aggression or attacks at sea. READ:
THE PHILIPPINE Coast Guard is pushing for the revision of rules governing its response protocols to potential aggression or attacks at sea.
The proposal comes after the Chinese Coast Guard endangered the crew of a Philippine resupply ship at the Second Thomas Shoal by pointing a military-grade laser at it on Feb. 6. In a public briefing on Thursday, PCG spokesperson Jay T. Tarriela said the agency is not considering equipping its vessels with military-grade lasers, but wants clearcut guidelines on how it should respond to such situations.What we are saying is for us to revise the rules for the use of force, where we have yet to include how would the Philippine Coast Guard respond to these kinds of threat towards the Philippine Coast Guard vessel,” he said partly in Filipino.
The PCG official said they are intensifying their patrols in the West Philippine Sea, the maritime area within the countryLast week, the Philippiness use of military-grade laser. But China has maintained that its action was meant toMr. Marcos Jr. has said the laser incident is not enough for him to invoke the Philippines
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