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MANILA, July 25, 2024 (AFP) – A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they sought to contain a spill stretching several kilometres. The MT Terra Nova had been heading for the central city of Iloilo when it sank in Manila Bay, nearly seven kilometres (4.3 miles) off Limay municipality in Bataan province, near the capital, in the early hours. Strong winds […]
MANILA, April 30, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon Tuesday at two of its vessels, causing damage to one of them, during a patrol near a reef off the Southeast Asian country. The incident happened near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, which has become a potential flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea, during a mission to resupply Filipino fishermen. “This damage serves as evidence of the forceful water […]
MANILA, March 5, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippine Coast Guard said one of its ships was damaged Tuesday in a collision with a China Coast Guard vessel during a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the South China Sea. It is the latest incident in waters around Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands where the countries have contesting maritime claims. Chinese coast guard and other vessels undertook “dangerous manoeuvres […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard condemned what it said were the Chinese Coast Guard’s “unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous maneuvers against a legitimate and routine supply Philippine rotation and resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal.” PCG Commandant Ronnie Gil L. Gavan issued the statement as it released a video of a CCG vessel directing a water canon towards a resupply vessel on Nov. 10. The National Task Force-West Philippine Sea said CCG vessel 5203 did […]
ABOARD THE BRP CABRA, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) – As a US military surveillance plane circled overhead, eight Chinese ships chased and briefly blocked four Philippine boats on a resupply mission to a tiny garrison in the hotly contested South China Sea. The high seas cat-and-mouse game on Tuesday followed assurances from Chinese coast guard vessels patrolling the waters that Philippine boats would be allowed to deliver provisions to the remote outpost on Second Thomas […]
MANILA, Aug 6, 2023 (AFP) – The Philippines condemned the China Coast Guard Sunday for allegedly firing water cannon at its vessels in the disputed South China Sea, describing the actions as “illegal” and “dangerous”. The latest incident happened Saturday as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted boats carrying food, water, fuel and other supplies for Filipino military personnel stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. In a statement, the US State Department […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippine Coast Guard has announced the completion of oil removal and recovery operations in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro after the sinking of MT Princess Empress. The PCG said Marine Environmental Protection Commander, CG Vice Admiral Robert Patrimonio, joined the PCG Management Team led by CG Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla in presiding over the final inspection. Based on ROV live videos, all eight cargo oil tanks are now empty. Only oil drips from the cargo […]
(Eagle News) –Five Filipinos died after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the Indian Ocean last week, the Philippine Coast Guard said. According to the PCG, the five were among the 39 fatalities in the incident off Perth, Australia on May 16, based on a report by China’s Transport Minister Li Xiaopeng. The remaining 34 fatalities consisted of 17 Chinese and 17 Indonesians. “We are saddened by this development,” PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo […]
(Eagle News)–Four people remain missing after a dive yacht sank off Tubbataha on Sunday, April 30. The Philippine Coast Guard said its Command Center received information from the Coast Guard District Palawan at 6:49 a.m. about M/Y Dream Keeper’s sinking. Search and rescue (SAR) operations have been launched, with the Coast Guard Substation Tubbataha and BRP Melchora Aquino taking part. The PCG said the dive yacht left San Remegio, Cebu City on April 27. It […]
(Eagle News) — The Korean Coast Guard has sent a team to aid the Philippine Coast Guard in its response to the oil spill incident off the coast of Oriental Mindoro. According to the PCG, the Korean Coast Guard Response Team is set to arrive on March 28. A shipment of 20 tons of sorbent pads, 2,000 sets of protective equipment and a 1,000-meter spill boom is expected to arrive in the first week of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard expressed support for two bills filed in the House of Representatives that seek to create the Coast Guard Regional Training Center and Coast Guard Response Base in Occidental Mindoro. In House Resolution No. 243, Occidental Mindoro Lone District Representative Leody Tarriela emphasized the PCG’s need for additional funding for the construction of the Coast Guard Regional Training Center in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro. Under House Resolution No. 244, Tarriela […]
(Eagle News) — United States Vice President Kamala Harris said the US will provide additional funding to support the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and other Philippine maritime law enforcement agencies, the PCG said. According to the PCG, based on Harris’ speech on board BRP Teresa Magbanua on Tuesday, Nov. 22, this was to increase the concerned agencies’ capacity, counter Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, enhance their monitoring systems and upgrade their equipment. “To the […]
