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==Glan to host 2012 joint RP-US naval exercise== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1671330412739 | |||
*February 27, 2012, 3:13 pm | |||
:by Tuesday 28th of February 2012 | |||
GLAN, Sarangani, Feb. 28 (PIA) — The next joint RP Navy-US Navy exercise of the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) will be held here on June 28-July 9, this year. | |||
Codenamed “Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Exercise 2012,” the two-week activity aims to strengthen the relationship of both navies and enhance their mutual co-operation, said Navy Lt. Joseph Armand Sieras, NFEM operations officer. | |||
For its Civil Military Operations (CMO), CARAT 2012 will conduct Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), Dental Civic Action Program (DENCAP), Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) and Community Relations (COMREL) in selected barangays. | |||
“Through these programs we hope to improve the quality of life and the general health and welfare of local residents, including government employees, and enable both navies to build a more personal relationship with them,” Sieras told Mayor Victor James B. Yap, Sr. in a briefing. | |||
Assisted by local government personnel, a joint survey team, led by US Navy Captain Wally Lovely, visited several possible sites for the CMO activities, including Glan Central Elementary School and Glan School of Arts and Trades. | |||
The team later met with Gov. Migs Dominguez and Mayor Yap for the formal acceptance rites held aboard the RPS Miguel Malvar at the Glan Wharf. | |||
In brief remarks, Mayor Yap thanked the NFEM for choosing Glan as this year’s venue for CARAT, saying the event would help highlight the town’s growing importance, both from economic and strategic standpoints. | |||
“People following up the developments on television will be able to see our beautiful white sand beaches, our rich vegetation, and the hospitality and gaiety of our people. That would be a big boost to our own tourism development efforts,” he said. | |||
Dubbed "Coconut Queen of the South", this colonial town is home to the now famous Gumasa beaches. (GLAN Info and News Service/PIA General Santos City) | |||
==BFAR deploys 4 more patrol boats in Sarangani Bay== | ==BFAR deploys 4 more patrol boats in Sarangani Bay== | ||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=408622 | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=408622 | ||
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The vessel’s owners agreed in November to a settlement of P20 million with the local government of Sarangani after it was found liable by the Philippine Coast Guard’s Special Board of Marine Inquiry for the damages on the reef. | The vessel’s owners agreed in November to a settlement of P20 million with the local government of Sarangani after it was found liable by the Philippine Coast Guard’s Special Board of Marine Inquiry for the damages on the reef. | ||
==Four Sarangani towns get high-speed patrol boats from BFAR== | ==Four Sarangani towns get high-speed patrol boats from BFAR== | ||