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(Eagle News) — Two vessels collided off the waters of South Harbor Anchorage area in Manila on Thursday, July 8. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, the incident involving cargo vessel MV Palawan Pearl and foreign dredger, BKM 104, took place at 2:10 a.m., approximately 100 meters from the Baseco Beach shoreline. Pictures provided by the PCG showed the MV Palawan Pearl half-submerged in the water. The PCG said the vessel was carrying liters of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has opened its first-ever station in the eastern part of Sulu. In a statement, the PCG said the station was located in Barangay Tanduh Bato in Luuk. PCG Commandant Admiral George Ursabia said the new station was aimed at providing Coast Guard personnel deployed there with a venue to ensure maritime safety, maritime security, and marine environment protection. “Ginawa po ang PCG station na ito (We had […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard began on Monday, June 21, its anti-terrorism and anti-piracy exercises in Southern Mindanao. In a statement, the PCG said the maritime security and law enforcement exercises particularly off waters in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will last for a week until June 27. Four capital ships of the national government – the BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410), and BRP Cape Engaño […]
(Eagle News) — Nine people who had just arrived in Zamboanga City were turned away and were instructed to return to Jolo, Sulu after authorities discovered they had bribed people to cross borders, the Philippine Coast Guard said. According to the PCG, instead of presenting RT PCR tests that yielded negative results as required on May 26, the nine people, with ages ranging from 20 to 63, paid P2,000 each to the oiler of MV […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard rescued six individuals transporting COVID-19 vaccines off Quezon after their boat capsized on Friday, May 14. In a statement, the PCG said the service boat of the Department of Agriculture capsized approximately 100 meters away from the shoreline of Barangay Ungos, Real, Quezon at 7:55 a.m., after it accidentally hit a concrete post. The two Department of Health personnel, two police officers of the Municipal Police Station in Polillo, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has inaugurated its first-ever search and rescue base in the country. In a statement, the PCG said the base, which was opened on May 12, is located in Siargao. It is a 600-square-meter and four-story building constructed in a 5,000-square-meter lot on Siargao Island donated by the provincial government. It is equipped with an automatic identification system (AIS) monitoring equipment, watch tower, helipad, and an elevated base defense […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard rescued ten people from a fishing boat that nearly sank off Cebu on Monday, May 10. The PCG said it sent a search and rescue (SAR) team to waters in Hagutapay Wharf, Camotes following a report from a concerned citizen. According to the PCG, Ronald Fabroa had set off with his fishing boat, together with nine passengers, including three children, towards Barangay Puertobello in Tudela around 4 a.m. when the […]
(Eagle News) — Three fishermen were rescued off Boracay on Friday, May 7. In a statement, the Philippine Coast Guard said the fishing boat was on its way back to Barangay Yapak when their boat encountered engine trouble. The boat went adrift farther away from the shoreline. PCG Station Aklan deployed a search and rescue (SAR) team after receiving a distress call. The fishermen on the boat were rescued in waters off Buruanga and Caluya […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine maritime authorities drove away Chinese vessels from Sabina Shoal off Palawan last Tuesday, April 27. The Philippine Coast Guard made the disclosure on Wednesday, May 5, after it announced it was preparing its second leg of maritime patrols with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bataan and Benham Rise. China is also claiming Benham Rise, which is a 13-million-hectare underwater plateau located near Aurora. According to the PCG, a […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard will set up a center for recruitment in the Caraga region. In a statement, the PCG said the center will be located in the Butuan City’s Government Center situated at Barangay Tiniwisan, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte. According to PCG District North Eastern Mindanao Commander, Commodore Luisito Sibayan, Butuan City Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada allowed the PCG to occupy 70% of the government center’s second floor. “Having our […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources stepped up the conduct of comprehensive maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea on April 24. The PCG made the announcement after the Philippines lodged two new diplomatic protests against China due to the “continued unauthorized presence and activities” of 160 Chinese fishing vessels, Chinese maritime militia vessels and other vessels in Philippine waters. According to the PCG, BRP Gabriela […]
(Eagle News) — Coast Guard personnel recovered two bodies in search and rescue operations for the missing crew members of LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground off Surigao del Norte waters on April 19. A report from the PCG said the body of Klint Auxtero was found off Barangay Oslao in San Francisco at 6:05 a.m. on April 23. At 6:38 a.m., the PCG said the body of Limuel Dadivas was found in Barangay […]
