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The Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center (PCGOBETC) serves as the officer candidate school of Philippine Coast Guard officer aspirants. [1] [2] Cadets who are already baccalaureate degree holders taking the Coast Guard Officers’ Course (CGOC) became Probationary Ensigns (PENS) and after graduation are commissioned as regular officers in the organization.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG; Filipino: Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas) is the third [4] armed uniformed service [5] of the country attached to the Philippines' Department of Transportation, [4] tasked primarily with enforcing laws within Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding life and property at sea, and protecting marine environment and resources; similar ...
On April 6, 2020, the OPV entered Philippine waters for the first time. The very next day, April 7, 2020, it proceeded to Manila where it was met by ships and aircraft from the Philippine Coast Guard off Manila Bay. Although the media was allowed to record its arrival in Manila, no ceremony was conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14]
The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United ...
Ronnie Gil Latorilla Gavan [1] is a Filipino admiral who serves as the incumbent commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard.Admiral Gavan is a graduate of the PMA Class of 1993 and his previous commands and posts include the deputy commandant for administration, and the Maritime Security and Law Enforcement Command.
On 7 August 2017, Philippine Coast Guard formally received the ship at a ceremony held on Philippine Coast Guard headquarters in Manila. [ 4 ] She was commissioned into service on November 21, 2017, together with the BRP Capones (MRRV-4404) and BRP Sindangan (MRRV-4407) .
BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702) is the second ship of the Teresa Magbanua class of patrol vessels operated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The service officially classifies her as a multi-role response vessel (MRRV). At almost 97 meters long, she is one of the largest, and most modern vessels of the PCG.
Footage appears to show a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel reportedly trespassing into waters near a Philippine island. The CCG vessel was spotted sailing some 54 miles off the Capones Island in ...