PH heads anti-piracy council
By JOHN CARLO M. CAHINHINAN
March 15, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was recently elected to hold the highest seat in Southeast Asia's anti-piracy council.
According to Lieutenant Cmdr. Armando Balilo, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Public Affairs chief, Vice Admiral Ramon Liwag, PCG’s vice commandant for operations, was unanimously elected last March 2 as the new chairperson of the governing council for the Regional Cooperating Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery in Asia-Information Sharing Center (RECAAP-ISC) which is based in Singapore.
Being the chairman of the council, Liwag will spearhead the anti-piracy policy formulation, oversee the financial integrity and accountability of the organization, and review and endorse the annual work plan and budget of the RECAAP-ISC.
Balilo said Liwag’s installation as the new chief of the Southeast Asia’s anti-piracy council is viewed as recognition of the growing confidence of Asian countries in the Philippine Coast Guard, and the Philippines in general, as a regional key player in enhancing cooperation to combat piracy.
Last year through the RECAAP network, the PCG recovered three pirated shipping vessels which included M/T Asta, a tugboat which was pirated in Indonesian waters and recovered in Dinagat Island,
Surigao.
According to Lieutenant Cmdr. Armando Balilo, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Public Affairs chief, Vice Admiral Ramon Liwag, PCG’s vice commandant for operations, was unanimously elected last March 2 as the new chairperson of the governing council for the Regional Cooperating Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery in Asia-Information Sharing Center (RECAAP-ISC) which is based in Singapore.
Being the chairman of the council, Liwag will spearhead the anti-piracy policy formulation, oversee the financial integrity and accountability of the organization, and review and endorse the annual work plan and budget of the RECAAP-ISC.
Balilo said Liwag’s installation as the new chief of the Southeast Asia’s anti-piracy council is viewed as recognition of the growing confidence of Asian countries in the Philippine Coast Guard, and the Philippines in general, as a regional key player in enhancing cooperation to combat piracy.
Last year through the RECAAP network, the PCG recovered three pirated shipping vessels which included M/T Asta, a tugboat which was pirated in Indonesian waters and recovered in Dinagat Island,
Surigao.
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