To empower the Philippine Coast Guard to protect the country’s waters from intrusion and harassment including in the West Philippine Sea, as well as fulfill its other duties as the nation’s primary maritime agency, the PCG needs to be strengthened and its gaps addressed, said Sen. Panfilo Lacson. “While we all point to the Philippine Coast Guard as the primary maritime agency of the government to strengthen our country’s sensitive frontiers in the West Philippine Sea, we can no longer keep the predicaments of the agency at bay,” Lacson, presidential bet of Partido Reporma, said on Wednesday.

Lacson: Coast Guard needs a boost to defend WPS, Pag-asa Island. (2021, December 9). Manila Standard, p. A4.