Philippines coastguard given powers to detain unsafe vessels
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Keith Wallis, Hong Kong
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Feb 26, 2010 04:09 PM
THE PHILIPPINES coastguard has finally been given tougher powers to detain and stop unsafe vessels putting to sea, eight years after the plans were first put forward.
This follows the signing of a new law by Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that transfers control of the coastguard from the defence department to the Department of Transportation and Communications.
Coastguard commandant Wilfredo Tamayo said the new law had vested...
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