WILFREDO TAMAYO | TOUR OF DUTY
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: A tour of duty report of Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo, the 22nd commandant of the Philippines Coast Guard
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June 2008 to April 2011
MARITIME SAFETY
Search and Rescue Total
Maritime Incidents Monitored/Reported………………………………………………………………………………………1,921
Total Number of SAR Missions…………………………………………………………………………………………………1,844
Number of Lives Saved ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..18,645
Number of Persons Provided Assistance. ……………………………………………………………………………….....2,341,683
Number of Dead Bodies Recovered …………………………………………………………………………………………1,046
Number of Vessels Provided Assistance …………………………………………………………………………………….2,545
Vessel Safety
Port and State Control inspections ……………………………………………………………………………………………5,990
Mandatory Pre-Departure Inspections (MPDI) ………………………………………………………………………...........1,128,135
Master's Oath of Safe Departure Received (MOSD) …………………………………………………………….…............1,240,253
Permits Issued Re Carriage of Dangerous Goods ………………………………………………………………………......89,053
SOLAS Inspections ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...26,928
MVR Issued/Adjudicated 1.128,135 ………………………………………………………………………….………………..3,426
Aids to Navigation
Number of Lighthouses Maintained and Operated.... ………………………………………………………………………..556
Number of Navigational Buoys Maintained and Serviced ………………………………………………………………..…30
Ship's Routing /Traffic Separation Scheme Supervised ……………………………………………………………………..5
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Marine Pollution Monitoring/Response
Number of Oil/Chemical Spill Incidents Monitored/ Reported ……………………………………………………….............134
Number of Oil Spills Responded. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..86
Chemical Spills Responded ………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
Number of Coal Spills Responded. ………………………………………………………………………………………………1
MEP Activities Monitored Supervised
Bunkering ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18,789
Deck Washing ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5,132
Tank Cleaning…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…....296
Vessel Inspections.. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20,449
Coastal Inspections ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...10,999
Length of Coastline Inspected (Kms).. ……………………………………………………………………….…………………..38,602
Coastal River Clean-Up
Number of Coastal/River Clean-Up... …………………………………………………………………………………………......916
Weight of Garbage Collected (Tons) …………………………………………………………………………………….………...5,320
Information Drive …… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1,257
MARITIME SECURITY
Maritime Surveillance and Security Operations
Port/Harbor Security Operations Conducted …………………………………………………………………………….….........29,703
Number of Ships Voyages Provided with Sea Marshals …………………………………………………………………..........44,944
Number of sea Marshal Missions... ………………………………………………….………………………………………….....44.944
Seaborne Patrols
Number of Missions……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….42,662
Total Steaming Time (TST) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…48,554
Total Miles Covered Time (TMC) …………………………………………………………………………………………………...81,163
Marine Mammals Saved/Rescued ……………………………………………………………………………………..…………..560
Number of Apprehensions
Transport of illegal Firearms/Explosives ………………………………………………………………....………………………..29
Illegal Fishing/Transport of Banned Marine Products …………………………………………………………………..…….....333
Illegal Intrusion and Poaching Activities ……………………………………………..…………………………………………....17
Smuggling …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….116
Drug trafficking/Interdiction ……………………………………………………………………………….…………………………14
Human trafficking………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….31
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The long arm of the law has been extended to catch up with smugglers, poachers, illegal fishers, drugs, firearms and human traffickers on land and sea. In Maritime Law Enforcement, Philippine Coast Guard Units composed of competent and highly-trained personnel from the Special Operations Group (SOG), Coast Guard K9 Unit, Task Force Sea Marshal and other operating forces are always ready to deter and neutralize such criminal acts and other maritime threats.
MARITIME SECURITY
On a 24/7 basis, the Task Force Sea Marshal continues to provide security coverage to high-interest domestic vessels particularly major passenger-cargo vessels on long voyages, and mobile offshore drilling units. Task Force Sea Marshal (TFSM) which created by virtue of the authority vested by the office of the President in 2004, deploys composite teams of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), AFP NCRCOM and Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP MG) personnel on board vessels departing from various ports and act as security and deterrent forces while the vessels are underway. An element from the Philippine Coast Guard acts as head of every Sea Marshal Team. The TFSM which is composed of some 200 officers and enlisted personnel, is under the operational control of Coast Guard District National Capital Region-Central Luzon (CGDNCR-CL).
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The Deployable Response Group (DRP), based on the new PCG operational doctrine, can be deployed in a moment's notice in time of maritime emergencies 24/7. The DRG is composed of specialized teams from CG Ready Force, Coast Guard Air Group, Special Operations Group, Coast Guard K-9, Task Force Sea Marshal, Medical Service, Marine Environmental Protection Command and PCG Auxiliary volunteers.
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Maritime Safety, particularly the seaworthiness of every vessel leaving port, is ensured through the intensified conduct of Mandatory Pre-departure Inspection, Emergency Readiness and Operational Readiness Evaluation, vessel safety inspections and publication of Notice to Mariners, among others.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PCG devotes a major part of its resources to guarantee the cleanliness of the Philippines' aquatic resources. Under its marine environmental protection function, PCG implements all possible measures in preventing oil and other pollutants from the country's pristine waters.
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Our gratitude to the members of the 14th Congress, maritime 14th Congress, maritime stakeholders and supporters of the PCG.
Republic Act No. 9993 Philippine Coast Guard Law of 2009
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD AS AN ARMED AND UNIFORMED SERVICE ATTACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.
THEREBY REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5173, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Cognizant of the need to devote PCG assets to respond to the demands of the modernizing maritime sector of the 20th century, Executive Order No. 475 ordered the transfer of PCG from the Department of National Defense (DND) to the Office of the President in 1998 Executive Order 477 caused the PCG to be transferred from the Office of the President to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).
On February 12, 2010, the PCG's place under the DOTC was given statutory approval by Congress with the enactment of the Republic Act 9993, an act establishing the PCG as an armed and uniformed service attached to the DOTC, otherwise known as the Philippine Coast Guard Law of 2009. The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) under this law have already been approved.
The driving motive that pushed the PCG through all these transformations is the desire to respond to the call of generations of Filipinos for safer, cleaner and more productive seas In its present form, the PCG is optimistic that it can keep in step with the evolving needs of the present-day users of the sea and bring the benefits of a vast Philippine wealth within reach of the citizens of this glorious maritime country.