The Philippine National Maritime Centre, with EU support under the CRIMARIO II project, conducted Exercise ALALAYAN 2024 to promote safety at sea on 25 and 26 April in Palawan, with the participation of 22 Philippine agencies, the European External Action Service (EEAS) reported.
The aim of the exercise was to improve inter-agency interoperability in the fight against maritime threats such as drug trafficking, illegal transport of endangered species, illegal, unreported and unregulated...