ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sulu Governor Sakur Tan on Thursday praised Philippine Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral George Ursabia Jr., who retired at age 56, and thanked him for his “sterling performance” and calling him the “best Commandant.”
Ursabia, who retired Wednesday, is replaced by Vice Admiral Leopoldo Laroya.
Tan cited the efficient services of the Coast Guard in Sulu province and the role it plays in maintaining peace and order, and the safety of lives at sea, and the provincial government’s Covid-19 response and other emergencies.
“Our best wishes to you Admiral Ursabia as you venture back to your civilian life as everybody does with all gratitude for having served your task as chief of the Philippine Coast Guard with sterling performance and as one of the best and perhaps the best Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard ever,” Tan said.
“You have brought great honor and dignity to the institution and raised its name to a higher plain and we say, it was worthily bestowed on you Admiral Ursabia. You rendered the Philippine Coast Guard, your family, your friends, the whole nation, including the people of Sulu proud of you. Our sincere thanks and congratulations Sir,” he added.
Secretary Arthur Tugade of the Department of Transportation, also lauded Ursabia’s “sterling and exemplary” service to the Coast Guard and said the retired official is “a hallmark for next leaders.”
Ursabia, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1987, served for almost 38 years as a commander of Coast Guard districts in Central Visayas, Palawan, Southeastern Mindanao, and Northern Luzon, and the commander of the Coast Guard Ready Force and Staff for Maritime Safety Affairs.
He holds a Master of Science Degree
in Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection as a scholar of Sasakawa
Foundation in Japan, and has a postgraduate degree from the World Maritime
University in Malmo in Sweden. (Mindanao Examiner)
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