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SOUTH CHINA SEA, Philippines, Sept 24, 2023 (AFP) – Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam guns the motor of his tiny wooden boat as he makes a dash for the shallow waters of Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, with Chinese coast guard speedboats in hot pursuit. In a high-seas chase lasting several minutes, Satam tries in vain to outrun the faster boats in the hope of slipping inside the ring of reefs controlled by […]
(Eagle News)–At least seven fishermen are missing after a fishing boat and a cargo vessel collided off Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard said. According to the PCG, the fishermen were part of the 20 fishermen on board the Philippine-flagged FB Jot-18, which collided against MV Happy Hiro, a vessel sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, off Maracanao Island. The remaining 13 fishermen were rescued and transferred to MV Happy Hiro, which ferried them to waters […]
(Eagle News) — Seven fishermen were rescued off Iloilo waters amid “Maring,” the Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday, Oct. 13. The PCG said the seven were on board FBCA ARIANNE that departed from Estancia, Iloilo for a fishing venture when the vessel encountered engine trouble in the vicinity of Sicogon Island and Bayas Island due to the strong winds and big waves. The boat captain sought the help of PCG, which immediately sent a […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Navy rescued six fishermen from a half-sunken boat off Philippine Rise on Tuesday, Sept. 15. According to the Navy, the boat captain and five crew members of FV Mr. Kupido were rescued from the half-sunken vessel following a distress call from another fishing vessel, Gabriel Tres. The Navy said Gabriel Tres made the call after rescuing another four crew members of FV Mr. Kupido but had to leave the other six […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities rescued two fishermen off Batangas after the motorbanca they were on capsized due to strong waves and winds, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday, July 21. According to the PCG, the rescue in the waters off Cape Santiago Light Station in Calatagan was launched following information from the Vessel Traffic Monitoring System (VTMS) in Batangas about a capsized motorbanca. The PCG said a search and rescue team was deployed on […]
POLA, Philippines (AFP) — Searches were under way Monday for seven fishermen in the Philippines as a typhoon swept across the archipelago, flooding low-lying areas and forcing thousands of people into emergency shelters. Packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour, Typhoon Quinta (international name Molave) made landfall Sunday on the southern end of the main island of Luzon before moving west across the country. Villages and farmland in the typhoon’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard on Sunday, Oct. 27, rescued four fishermen in distress off Cebu waters after their motorbanca capsized. The BRP Suluan was conducting its routine patrol when it came across the four fishermen–later identified as Eric Campo, 45; Hoven Gasalatan, 33; Jonas Padillo, 28; and Jaypee Gasalatan, 21—with the submerged boat and took them aboard. The fishermen told authorities they were on their way to Bohol from Cebu to […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo said it was unconstitutional to allow foreign vessels to fish in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, supporting an earlier statement made by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. In a recent interview on GMA 7’s morning program, “Unang Hirit,” Robredo said that the country’s EEZ should be reserved for the enjoyment of Filipino citizens She said that this provision in the Constitution was what had been violated […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that there was a “mutual agreement” with China regarding fishing in the disputed parts of the South China Sea, including those under the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In his speech during the 122th Founding anniversary celebration of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Wednesday night, June 27, he said that conflicting claims in the area of the Reed Bank or Recto Bank as well as in […]
Explains context of his earlier remarks about maritime incident (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to the 22 fishermen whose vessel sank after a Chinese vessel hit it while anchored at Recto Bank, saying that this was a maritime incident that he was not belittling. Duterte on Monday evening, June 24, said he was sorry if that was how the fishermen felt about his initial statement on the Recto Bank incident. “Well, I’m sorry, […]
Entire Cavite Maritime section sacked (Eagle News)–A high-ranking maritime police official in Cavite was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an association of fishermen in exchange for fishing rights in the area. The Philippine National Police’s Counter – Intelligence Task Force, which runs after police scalawags, said Supt. Armandy Dimabuyo, commander of the 402nd Cavite Maritime Police Station, was arrested after he received the P18,000 from the fishermen as this month’s grease money in his office. The […]
UJONG KAREUNG Beach, Aceh Province, Indonesia (Reuters) — Authorities will perform autopsies on four beached whales found in Aceh province to investigate their cause of death, the investigation team said on Tuesday (November 14). Indonesian volunteers managed to save six whales beached on the northern tip of Sumatra but four died. Rescuers worked late into Monday (November 13) night to free six of 10 massive sperm animals using ropes and patrol boats and turn them back […]
