Fisherfolk Take Oath as Frontliners of Maritime Safety

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January 28, 2026 | An Indoctrination and Oath-Taking Ceremony for Filipino fisherfolk officially joining the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž was conducted in Bulawen, Palauig, Zambales.

The activity aimed to strengthen ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ among fisherfolk amid ongoing challenges in the West Philippine Sea. PCG Spokesperdon for the West Philippine Sea, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š , served as the guest speaker during the event, where he shared brief insights and experiences related to maritime security and highlighted the role of civilian auxiliaries as force multipliers of the Philippine Coast Guard in protecting national interests.

He emphasized the importance of ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐žโ€”๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ.

Also present at the program were ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐›๐š๐ค๐š๐ฅ, Director of the UP Law Center, and a senior journalist from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The ceremony marks a significant step in empowering fisherfolk as partners and force multipliers in maritime safety and national security, while ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ.

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