BREAKING NEW GROUNDS. Local officials including the Philippine Coast Guard prepare to break ground for the P29-M radar facility that sits as the hub of regional tourism security. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
The new radio detection and ranging (radar) in Balicasag Island off Panglao ranges to as far as 25 nautical miles of about 47 kilometers and this reaches out way past Dumaguete City and completely covers the waters dividing Bohol and Cebu as well as that of Cebu and Dumaguete.
Generally, radar detection is by reflection from the object; any movement the object produces, a doppler signal from which via complex analysis, one can find the status of the object, human beings and small objects among them.
The installation can be key information source about any vessel transiting the area, their size, general direction and this can be verified by a network of ranging stations installed in all Coast Guard floating and installed assets, said Bohol Coast Guard Station Commander Lieutenant Patrick John Cabasag.
And when the Balicasag radar would have limited reach, when it would be interlinked with another radar facility in Negros, as well as radars onboard Coast Guard ships and assets, it could help direct law enforcers or special action teams to apprehend and enforce laws even in high seas.
The installation of the vital facility was witnessed by Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap, PCG Commodore William Isaga who also heads Coast Guard Weapons, Communication and Information Systems (COAST-WISE) Command for Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Elson Hermogino, PCG Visayas District Commander Ronnie Gil Gavan, and Panglao LGU representative Amira Alia Montero.
According to Isaga, the radar facility would be the hub of tourism defense in the region, as Balicasag lies just within the radar range of Apo Island, Dumaguete City, southern Cebu, and the world class resorts of Panglao and Pamilacan.
It was a lesson in 2013 when terrorist Muslim separatists sneaked into Bohol and inserted themselves in Inabanga town.
Although the incursion did not bid well for the southern terrorists guided by a local, the government authorities vowed not to let anything similar happen.
Isaga said the facility will be able to deter terrorist activities in the region especially those who come through the seas.
Apart from stopping potential terrorists from entering the region, the facility can also be crucial in helping the government enforce maritime safety and environmental law implementation.
As the radar facility operates, it has the capacity to keep a full time watch, to monitor, detect and identify sea vessels within its area of coverage, Lt. Cabasag of Bohol CG station explained.
The new radio detection and ranging (radar) in Balicasag Island off Panglao ranges to as far as 25 nautical miles of about 47 kilometers and this reaches out way past Dumaguete City and completely covers the waters dividing Bohol and Cebu as well as that of Cebu and Dumaguete.
Generally, radar detection is by reflection from the object; any movement the object produces, a doppler signal from which via complex analysis, one can find the status of the object, human beings and small objects among them.
The installation can be key information source about any vessel transiting the area, their size, general direction and this can be verified by a network of ranging stations installed in all Coast Guard floating and installed assets, said Bohol Coast Guard Station Commander Lieutenant Patrick John Cabasag.
And when the Balicasag radar would have limited reach, when it would be interlinked with another radar facility in Negros, as well as radars onboard Coast Guard ships and assets, it could help direct law enforcers or special action teams to apprehend and enforce laws even in high seas.
The installation of the vital facility was witnessed by Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap, PCG Commodore William Isaga who also heads Coast Guard Weapons, Communication and Information Systems (COAST-WISE) Command for Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Elson Hermogino, PCG Visayas District Commander Ronnie Gil Gavan, and Panglao LGU representative Amira Alia Montero.
According to Isaga, the radar facility would be the hub of tourism defense in the region, as Balicasag lies just within the radar range of Apo Island, Dumaguete City, southern Cebu, and the world class resorts of Panglao and Pamilacan.
It was a lesson in 2013 when terrorist Muslim separatists sneaked into Bohol and inserted themselves in Inabanga town.
Although the incursion did not bid well for the southern terrorists guided by a local, the government authorities vowed not to let anything similar happen.
Isaga said the facility will be able to deter terrorist activities in the region especially those who come through the seas.
Apart from stopping potential terrorists from entering the region, the facility can also be crucial in helping the government enforce maritime safety and environmental law implementation.
As the radar facility operates, it has the capacity to keep a full time watch, to monitor, detect and identify sea vessels within its area of coverage, Lt. Cabasag of Bohol CG station explained.
CLAIMING THE SECURITY OF THE REGION. PCG officials led by Commodore William Isaga and Gov Arthur Yap walk to the site where the new radar facility would soon beam and provide the security in the region which shares in tourism activities. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
The facility would be one of the 20 such facilities that the government would put up in Visayas and Mindanao areas to counter piracy and the spilling over of the terroristic activities in the south.
The facility would cost the government some P19 million while this would be placed in a P10-million three-storey building built in the highest point of Balicasag Island, which in itself is a Naval reservation island.
The radar is just the first among the plans laid out for the Visayas, Isaga said.
The PCG is also putting up fast patrol boats, jet ski, and all terrain coastal patrol vehicles for the government’s coastal patrol units plus a company-sized quick reaction force that doubles up as tourism related rescue and response.
This reaction force of the PCG special operations team would be composed of divers who are graduates of Basic Life Support courses, with high tech equipment that can be deployed anytime, Isaga shared.
With these, Bohol, which is already a tourism star, would be transformed into a tourism superstar and would be the tourism security hub in Central Visayas, he stressed. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
The facility would be one of the 20 such facilities that the government would put up in Visayas and Mindanao areas to counter piracy and the spilling over of the terroristic activities in the south.
The facility would cost the government some P19 million while this would be placed in a P10-million three-storey building built in the highest point of Balicasag Island, which in itself is a Naval reservation island.
The radar is just the first among the plans laid out for the Visayas, Isaga said.
The PCG is also putting up fast patrol boats, jet ski, and all terrain coastal patrol vehicles for the government’s coastal patrol units plus a company-sized quick reaction force that doubles up as tourism related rescue and response.
This reaction force of the PCG special operations team would be composed of divers who are graduates of Basic Life Support courses, with high tech equipment that can be deployed anytime, Isaga shared.
With these, Bohol, which is already a tourism star, would be transformed into a tourism superstar and would be the tourism security hub in Central Visayas, he stressed. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
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