BRP Ramon Alcaraz to secure Malampaya natural gas project

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 22): BRP Ramon Alcaraz to secure Malampaya natural gas project

After her mercy mission in "Yolanda" battered Tacloban City, Leyte, BRP Ramon Alcaraz's (PF-16) next mission is to secure the Malampaya natural gas project off Palawan.

"After her 'Yolanda' (relief mission) she will be deployed in the West Philippine Sea, just like the BRP Gregorio Del Pilar, (to keep watch) particularly on the Malampaya natural gas project," Philippine Navy (PN) flag-officer-in-charge Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano said during the sidelights of the commissioning ceremony for the BRP Ramon Alcaraz Friday morning.

He added that having the ship on the line would greatly aid the country in implementing certain laws on our exclusive economic zone.

"The PN is deputized to undertake this, for example in the terms of fisheries, the Navy is deputized (together) with the Bureau of Fisheries and the Department of Agriculture and together with the Philippine Coast Guard to enforce these laws and as well also for the marine protection as well, this is under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the PN is also deputized in these actions for enforcing their laws," Alano stressed.

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