The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to expand the country's maritime domain awareness in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), this time by establishing command observation posts (COPs) on Likas Island, Lawak Island and Parola Island. Coast Guard Admiral Artemio Abu said the PCG's Task Force Kaligtasan sa Karagatan constructed a smart house and installed radio communications on the three islands. The construction was carried out with the largest Coast Guard contingent in the WPS putting up the five COP's, 30 foot long navigational buoys, on critical island in the area from May 21 to 14

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