The Police Regional Office-3 said on Monday that more than 3,000 illegal mufflers confiscated in Central Luzon are set for destruction. They also announced that over 4,000 loose firearms have been recovered through sustained law enforcement operations in the region. These firearms once posed...
Mayon Volcano remains under Alert Level 3 as lava flows reached up to 3.8 kilometers (km) from the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Sunday, Feb. 22. In its 24-hour observation summary covering 12 a.m. Feb. 21 to 12 a.m. Feb. 22, 2026, the...
A body was retrieved inside the air-conditioned accommodation area of the sunken ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan on Sunday, Feb. 22, as underwater diving operations continue to find 14 remaining missing passengers. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said the recovery...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed 75 percent of its underwater search inside the sunken ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3, a ranking official said on Saturday, Feb. 21. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said two bodies were recovered during underwater operations on Feb. 18, pushing the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Heroic soldier Staff Sgt. Windel Sabuyas was posthumously honored with a Bronze Cross Medal and rendered departure honors at the Edwin Andrews Airbase here on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The award was presented to his widow, Jenelyn Sabuyas, to honor his bravery and valor during the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The death toll from the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sinking climbed to 62 on Tuesday, Feb. 17, after the body of Shariah Court Judge Alberto Romoros and three more bodies were found in the vessel wreckage by Philippine Coast Guard divers. This was confirmed by Atty. Aquino Sajili, a...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said its technical divers recovered four more bodies from the sunken ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 during underwater operations off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan on Tuesday, Feb. 17. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said this raised the death toll to 62....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A crew of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 was hailed as hero for helping passengers when the ship sank in Basilan last month. The body of Dave Kyle Punsalang, 22, was recovered by Philippine Coast Guard divers on Sunday, Feb. 15. Punsalang’s body was one of three recovered from the...
The death toll in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 58 after the Philippine Coast Guard recovered another cadaver during underwater operations on Monday, Feb. 16 in waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan. The latest body was retrieved by PCG technical divers who are continuing...
The death toll in the sinking of ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 climbed to 57 after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered three more bodies on Sunday, Feb. 15. Captain Noemie Cayabyab, PCG spokesperson, said coast guard technical divers found the cadavers during underwater operations in the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the death toll in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 54 after technical divers recovered one body from the wreck site off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan on Saturday, Feb. 14. PCG technical divers commenced underwater operations in connection with...
Technical divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy following 16 days of extended underwater search and rescue operations at the site of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan, a ranking officer said on Saturday, Feb. 14. The procedure,...
