THE PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) will place all units under heightened alert with its Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Krismas 2017 program from Dec. 18 to Jan. 8 to ensure security and assist passengers traveling through the sea ports around the country for the holidays. In a statement released yesterday, Commodore Joel S. Garcia, the PCG officer-in-charge, said he has issued a directive to “maintain a high state of readiness and alertness in all port terminals nationwide,” as well as in beaches, coastal and island resorts. Mr. Garcia also ordered PCG units to “keep a keen eye on the trade and transport of illegal drugs and paraphernalia by sea.” Under the Krismas 2017 program, passenger assistance booths will be installed at the ports, to be manned jointly by teams from the PCG, Department of Transportation, Philippine Ports Authority, Maritime Industry Authority, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary and local government units, and the police.

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