THE PHILIPPINES, Japan and the United States held joint training exercises in towing and firefighting techniques this month using patrol vessels provided by Tokyo, the Japan Embassy said in a statement on Monday.
This should have improved the operational and rescue capabilities of the Southeast Asian nation’s coast guard, it added.
Philippine Coast Guard personnel are expected to lead future courses, which is why the first half of the training focused on instructor development for 14 candidates and prepared them to plan, organize and present scenarios and tactics to a student audience, the Japanese Embassy said. President Rodrigo R. Duterte on June 12 led the commissioning of a Coast Guard ship would patrol Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea, years after foreign policy experts started criticizing him for his government’s lack of presence in the waterway.
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