The government temporarily lifted its “no-fly, no-sail zone” policy in light of news that North Korea will delay its long-range rocket launch due to bad weather.
North Korea earlier said the launch will be between April 12 and 16. No definite date was given. The no-fly, no-sail zone policy is lifted until 5:00 a.m. on Friday.
North Korea rejected international protests over its planned long-range rocket launch and said Wednesday that it was injecting fuel "as we speak," meaning it could blast off as early as Thursday.
If all goes to plan, the launch, which North Korea's neighbors and the West say is a disguised ballistic missile test, will take a three-stage rocket over a sea separating the Korean peninsula from China before releasing a satellite into orbit when the third stage fires over waters near the Philippines.
Philippine naval forces in Northern and Southern Luzon are conducting sweeping operations to make sure no fishing or any maritime vessels are in the waters where debris from the North Korean rocket may fall.
The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) clarified that there is no mass evacuation in Luzon, even as the government prepares for the planned rocket launch between April 12 and April 16.
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