Rules and Regulation in Enhancing Maritime Safety and Security Practiced by the Philippine Coast Guard in Enforcing their Function

Abstract

Seafaring is probably one of the most dangerous occupation in the world. At sea, the risk of death due to drowning is very high. More than 50 % of the world’s population live away from the shoreline yet billions of people are depending on the scarce marine resources. A lost vessel has vital impact on the coastal community and the maritime economy as well is affected in terms of tourism. Safety and survival are of primary concern of every angler. It does not matter whether one is employed on fishing boats, small ships or large ships so long as each one of these is safe. Reports on casualties in some cases may be due to people’s lack of knowledge about survival techniques. They tend to panic and do not know what to do atall. While in training and working on board, maritime safety is the most important factor to observe it is vital to avoid accidents that may result to personal injury, damage to property and environment, or premature death. Maritime safety and security isone of the primary missions of the Philippine Coast Guard which concerns the: Protection of lives and property at sea by implementing the SOLAS (Safety of life at Sea) rules and regulation and Implement life-saving management to all forms of waterborne transportations in navigable waters from accident. The study focus on the rules and regulation and implementation of effectiveness of the enchasing maritime safety and security as practiced by the Philippine Coast Guard in enforcing their function. The researchers will use a questionnaire and interview to gather data and information necessary to complete the study. To formulate the concept and framework of the study, various readings were taken by researchers in gathering data pertaining to the problem understudy. The researchers formulated the concept of the study by reviewing the articles, literatures, and related to the subject matter. The respondents are described according to different demographic profiles, Major of the respondents were from the age of 50and above; 71.11 % were male, 55.56% were married and 33.33% were high school graduate. There are different perception of the community toward the response of Philippine Coast Guard on the rules and regulation in enchasing maritime safety and security. There were also problems encountered by the Philippine Coast Guard and proposed solutions to solve the problems by its members. The result of this study can be used for the improvement of the rules and regulation of the respondent raising the perception of the Philippine Coast Guard. The students, teachers and School administrator can also learn from the study.