Manila, Sept. 29 -- The Philippine Navy (PN) has expressed its full support and cooperation with the National Coast Watch Center (NCWC) in protecting the country's maritime interests.
Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo made this comment shortly after newly-appointed NCWC chief, Coast Guard Commodore Roy Echeverria, paid a courtesy call to PN headquarters in Naval Station Jose Andrada, Roxas Boulevard, Manila on Monday.
During the meeting, Bacordo expressed the PN's full support to the NCWC which is mandated to coordinate and implement the "whole-of-government efforts in protecting the Philippine national interests against security threats, enforcement of national sovereignty and sovereign rights, and fulfillment of the interna...