South China Sea: how does Philippines’ coastguard measure up against others?
One analyst argues that many regional countries do not possess adequate fleet sizes for their coastguards.
On Monday, the US embassy in the Philippines said in a statement that the US$8 million funding would support the Philippine coastguard’s (PCG) “infrastructure enhancements, training programme development and resource acquisition and management planning”.
Chris Gardiner, CEO of the Institute for Regional Security in Canberra, told This Week in Asia that the move was a modest contribution that complemented significant support already provided by Japan to the PCG.