Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels to search for seven Chinese fishermen reported missing near Pag-asa Island. According to the PCG, PCG Commandant, CG Admiral Leopoldo V. Laroya ordered the deployment of BRP Capones (MRRV-4404) and PCG-manned BFAR vessels, MCS-3002 and MCS-3007. Laroya also directed Coast Guard District Palawan Commander, CG Captain Angel Z Viliran to deploy BRP Cape Engaño (MRRV-4411) to assist in the search and rescue operations. Laroya gave […]
Two others found dead on rescued boat, PCG says (Eagle News) — Two Chinese fishermen whose rescue boat reportedly drifted off-course were rescued off Palawan waters, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Saturday, Aug. 7. The PCG said two other Chinese nationals on board the boat, however, were found dead when 51-year-old fisherman Mario Mabuhay towed the boat towards the shoreline of Barangay Canipaan after spotting them while he was fishing. The PCG said the […]
(Reuters) – A Philippine case against nine Chinese fishermen caught with hundreds of marine turtles in a disputed South China Sea shoal was delayed on Tuesday due to the lack of an interpreter, which one prosecutor said was due to pressure from China. Manila says the fishermen were within the Philippines’ 200-mile (322-km) exclusive economic zone and were in possession of endangered species of turtles, a violation of a United Nations convention on trading wildlife […]
(Reuters) –China has demanded the Philippines release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew seized in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday (May 7), the latest flare-up in the oil and gas-rich waters that are claimed wholly or in part by six nations. Philippine authorities said a maritime police patrol apprehended a Chinese fishing boat around 7 a.m. on Tuesday (2300 GMT May 6) off Half Moon Shoal in the Spratly Islands on the South China Sea. The boat has 11 crew and police found […]
