Task force formulates new rules to address sea harassment

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) is formulating procedures and guidelines on how the Philippine Coast Guard will respond to any form of harassment in...

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea is formulating procedures and guidelines on how the Philippine Coast Guard will respond to any form of harassment in the West Philippines Sea following the latest incident wherein the Chinese Coast Guard pointed a military-grade laser on a PCG ship.

So for now, we are currently reviewing and formulating new procedures as to how we are going to respond to another laser-pointing again.'Tarriela said it is important to note that the United States and Japan are helping boost the capability of the PCG.'We have yet to receive operational inputs on how we are going to define our procedures and respond to this kind of aggression from the Chinese. We might still be needing inputs from our allies particularly from the US,' he said.

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