(UPDATES) THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) is looking for funding to recruit 4,000 more personnel for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
THE Department of Transportation is looking for funding to recruit 4,000 more personnel for the Philippine Coast Guard .Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said, ideally, the PCG should deploy one personnel per kilometer of the country's coastline.'We're helping them to increase the number of personnel. now more than 30,000, and we're looking at hiring 4,000 more within the year,' said Bautista.He said the PCG would also acquire more floating and aerial assets.
The PCG has two 97-meter MRRVs , one offshore patrol vessel , four 56-meter search and rescue vessels , 10 44-meter MRRVs , and four 35-meter search and rescue vessels .It also has several patrol boats and support vessels.The PCG is the oldest and only humanitarian armed service in the country. It used to be under the Philippine Navy before it was transferred to the DOTr.
Guard Needs Funding To Hire 000 Personnel
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