For the first time since the pandemic, Filipino sailors and Marines on Saturday, April 1, raised the Philippine flag on Mavulis, the country’s northernmost island closest to Taiwan and its “first line of defense” in Northern Luzon. CDNDigital READ:
The island was the first stop of the monthlong patrol around the country of BRP Antonio Luna , one of the two South Korea-built frigates of the Philippine Navy, as part of “Operation Bantay-Layag” which kicked off on March 31.
“The event was the first ceremony ever held on the island since the wrath of the COVID-19 pandemic and became an avenue for the replacement of the old Philippine flag damaged and frayed by the violent storms of the previous years,” the Philippine Navy said on Sunday.While on Mavulis, the ship’s crew also assisted the troops in repairing the island’s generator and provided them with food and drinking water.
Bantay-Layag aims to intensify the country’s naval presence along its maritime borders for territorial defense, according to the Navy.The flag-raising came several days after the Navy deployed a fresh batch of troops and supplies to the island through the BRP Conrado Yap.
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