TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Sept. 2 (PIA) - - The Philippine Navy has already completed the installation of the 11 "sovereign markers" in the uninhabited islands in the northern most part of the Philippines.
One of the sovereign markers installed in A'li Island, Itbayat, Batanes. (Phil. Navy)
Lieutenant Jayvee Abuan, public affairs officer of the Naval Forces northern Luzon, the uninhabited islands are located north of Cagayan province, within the Babuyan Channel and the Batanes Group of Islands.
He said the Naval Forces Northern Luzon and the North Luzon Command have installated the markers to the islands.
The sites, he said, were identified based on the strategic relevance of the islands to the national territory and security.
"The locations of these islands are prominent to passing vessels, either merchants of military vessels so they could easily identify that these areas are part of the Philippine territory," Abuan said.
He said the move of the government to install the sovereign markers in the uninhabited island was ignited when Batanes Governor Marilou H. Cayco reported to President Rodrigo Roa-Duterte, during his visit in Basco, that several foreign vessels have been spotted fishing near the said islands.
"We are hoping that when they see the symbols, the Philippine Flag which is attached in the markers, they will realize that they are already intruding our territory and that they will avoid fishing in those grounds," Abuan added.
He also said there are allot of islets in the northern part of the Philippines but only eleven were surveyed as feasible for the installation of the markers as others are rocks and inaccessible. (MDCT/OTB/PIA 2-Cagayan)
Lieutenant Jayvee Abuan, public affairs officer of the Naval Forces northern Luzon, the uninhabited islands are located north of Cagayan province, within the Babuyan Channel and the Batanes Group of Islands.
He said the Naval Forces Northern Luzon and the North Luzon Command have installated the markers to the islands.
The sites, he said, were identified based on the strategic relevance of the islands to the national territory and security.
"The locations of these islands are prominent to passing vessels, either merchants of military vessels so they could easily identify that these areas are part of the Philippine territory," Abuan said.
He said the move of the government to install the sovereign markers in the uninhabited island was ignited when Batanes Governor Marilou H. Cayco reported to President Rodrigo Roa-Duterte, during his visit in Basco, that several foreign vessels have been spotted fishing near the said islands.
"We are hoping that when they see the symbols, the Philippine Flag which is attached in the markers, they will realize that they are already intruding our territory and that they will avoid fishing in those grounds," Abuan added.
He also said there are allot of islets in the northern part of the Philippines but only eleven were surveyed as feasible for the installation of the markers as others are rocks and inaccessible. (MDCT/OTB/PIA 2-Cagayan)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1051999
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