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THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD (PCG) has sent “one billio thanks” to President Aquino for setting aside close to P3 Billion as the 2011 budget of what the PCG commandant acknowledged as “one of the world’s most over-challenged coast guards”

Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo, PCG Chief, said the P1 Billion increase in the agency’s budget (from P2 Billion this year) was a “big boost” to the Coast Guard.

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Department of Transporation and Communications (DoTC) Secretary Jose ‘Ping’ P. De Jesus (at the rostum) leads the 109th founding anniversary celebration of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) at the PCG Heaquarters in Port Area, Manila, October 22, 2010. De Jesus cited the PCG for its sterling jo as the country’s sea guardian, notably in search and rescue, anti-piracy and poaching, smuggling, illegal fishing, and marine environmental protection. With him are PCG Commandant Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo, PCG chaplain Fr. Edmund Desierto (a PCG lieutenant commander), other PCG top brass, including Vice Admiral Ramon Liwag, Rear Admiral Edmund Tand, Commodores Lino Dabi, Enrico Efren Evangelista, Athelio Ybanez, and members of PCB Auxiliary squadrons, PCG officers’ wives association and stakeholders in the maritime, shipping and fishing industries.

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Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo (right) hands over a copy of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) of the joint campaign and operations of the PCG and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) against illegal drug trafficking aboard ships and in seaports or terminals Dionisio R. Santiago (left), PDEA Director General, in MoA signing rites held at the PDEA national headquarters in Quezon City.

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SANDIGANBAYAN ACQUITS RETIRED PCG COMMANDANT, ADMIRAL TAMAYO

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In a unanimous decision penned by Justice Alex L. Quiroz, Chairperson of the Fourth Division of the Sandiganbayan, the anti-graft court acquitted retired Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant, Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo of the charge for violation of Section 3 (e) of the Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Associate Justice Lorifel L. Pahimna and Associate Justice Bayani H. Jacinto concurred with the decision.

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Guided By Great Leaders

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The PCG, as an attached agency of the DOTC strongly adheres to the policy guidelines set forth by the President and Secretary, DOTC by continuously standing guard to ensure the safety of lives and properties at sea and by strengthening and incessantly providing the safety net of the country’s maritime jurisdiction towards national development.

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So blessed that the 9 of us siblings grew up well under the loving care of our hardworking parents.

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Admiral Tamayo, JIATF West Director Tomney Discuss Areas of Cooperation

Philippine Coast Guard commandant Adm. Wilfredo D. Tamayo hailed the visit of United States Coast Guard Rear Adm. Christopher J. Tomney, the director of Joint Inter-Agency Task Force West, Jan. 7, at the PCG headquarters in Manila, describing it as “fruitful” as they discussed more areas of “cooperation.” The JIATF West is based in Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center in Hawaii. Tamayo and Tomney in their talk on areas of cooperation, delved on “cross-training programs” and “conduct of mobile training to improve and effectively address maritime challenges.” The Philippines, an archipelago and a maritime country, consists of more than 7,000 islands with a total of some 36,000-kilometer coastal stretch, one of the world’s longest. Tomney was presented a PCG plaque of appreciation by Tamayo during the former’s visit to the PCG headquarters. In welcoming Tomney, Tamayo was joined by Vice Adm. Ramon Liwag, PCG vice commnan for operations; Rear Adm. Edmund Tan, PCG vice commandant for administration; Commodore Gilbert Rueras, commander of PCG Maritime Safety Services Command, Commodore Lino Dabi, commander of PCG Marine Envionmental Protection Command, Commodore Aaron Reconquista, commander of PCG Air Group who was a classmate of Rear Admiral Tomney at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, class 1986, and Cdr. Timoteo Borja, commanding officer of the PCG Intelligence Group. Tomney thanked the entire PCG for the warm welcome and reception accorded him by the PCG command.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/356665/admiral-tamayo-jiatf-west-director-tomney-discuss-areas-cooperation

JIATF Director visits Philippine CG Commandant

Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo '79 welcomed US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Christopher J. Tomney '86, Director of Joint Interagency Task Force West based in Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center, Hawaii at Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard last Oct 7, 2010. Admiral Tamayo discussed with RADM Tomney the possibility of more areas of cooperation in terms of cross-training programs and conduct of mobile training.

Vice Admiral Ramon Liwag, Vice Commandant for Operations, Rear Admiral Edmund Tan, Vice Commandant for Administration, Commodore Gilbert Rueras '82, Commander of Maritime Safety Services Command, Commodore Aaron Reconquista '86, Commander of Coast Guard Air Group and classmate of Rear Admiral Tomney at the US Coast Guard Academy, and Commander Tim Borja of Coast Guard Intelligence joined the Commandant PCG in welcoming the JIATF West Director and party.

Source: https://www.cgaparents.org/s/1043/uscga/index.aspx?sid=1043&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=2424&ecid=2424&crid=0

Missing Boat with 5 Americans Found in Philippines

Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were in good health, officials said Sunday.

A search ship guided by a spotter plane located the 38-foot (11-meter) catamaran The Pineapple after it was spotted off the southern island of Dinagat, coast guard chief Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo said. The rescuers were escorting the vessel to its original destination on central Cebu island, he said.

"They apparently had engine trouble while in rough seas," Tamayo told The Associated Press, adding that he was awaiting other details.

The sailboat left Guam on Jan. 6 on a trip that normally would take seven to 10 days, officials said. Relatives of the Americans contacted the U.S. Coast Guard when it had not reached its destination by Jan. 18, they said. The U.S. Coast Guard then asked the Philippines to help in the search.

Guam, a U.S. territory, is about 1,400 miles (2,290 kilometers) east of Cebu, where heavy rains and rough seas have been reported in recent weeks.

"They're all in fine health," Tamayo said of the four men and a woman on board the boat, including a Filipino-American in the U.S. Air Force. Their identities and hometowns have not been released by the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

A Philippine coast guard plane spotted the sailboat on Saturday but could not identify the vessel due to poor visibility. The plane returned after the weather cleared Sunday and confirmed it was the missing boat, Tamayo said.

A video taken from a search plane showed four of the Americans on top of the white-hulled catamaran, one apparently waving, as a rubber boat with coast guard personnel approached.

U.S. authorities were informed of the discovery and have been in touch with Philippine officials to provide help to the Americans, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson said.

Many Philippine provinces, particularly in the east, have experienced rough seas amid unusually heavy rains since late December. At least 68 people have died and 26 others remain missing from the stormy weather set off by a cold front.

The coast guard rescued 260 of 277 people aboard nearly a dozen boats that sank, overturned or ran into trouble last week due to the inclement weather. Fifteen remain missing while two drowned, the officials said.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/missing-boat-with-5-americans-found-in-philippines