The Philippine government on Saturday vowed to remain steadfast in its duty to protect Philippine sovereignty and its sovereign rights in the country’s maritime...
Jerry Alili, chief of the Palawan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), in a phone interview on Sunday, said that Vicky was "almost unfelt" in the province except in the Kalayaan island municipality which was in the part of the weather disturbance as it made its exit.
Commodore Renato P. David, commander of Naval Forces West (NFW), in a symbolic turnover ceremony on Friday at the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa City, received 90 Noche Buena packages, 200 hygiene kits, 200 face shields, and a P90,000 check from Isetann Department Store Inc., SM Prime, Truth, and Justice Coalition and a certain Mr. Nelson Guevarra.
The outgoing WPS personnel were welcomed by Capt. Francisco Tagamolila Jr., the deputy commander for Fleet Operations of the NFW with Col. Antonio Mangoroban Jr., the deputy commander for Marine Operations and the commander of the Naval Task Force 42 which is in charge of the detachments in the area.
