CEBU CITY – Eleven Koreans were rescued from a boat that stalled off Moalboal town, southern Cebu at past noon Thursday, November 16. A MOTORIZED banca is towed to safer grounds after it stalled off Moalboal town, southern Cebu on Thursday afternoon, November 16. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A fishpond caretaker died in a collision between two motor bancas on the river in Sitio Imbo, Barangay San Miguel, Bani, Pangasinan on Monday, October 16. Police identified the victim as Marcelo Alleda Carlit, 56, resident of Barangay Polo, Alaminos City,...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is urging the House of Representatives to investigate the recent sinking of motorboat MB Princess Aya in Binangonan, Rizal, which resulted in the drowning of 27 passengers. Castro, a House deputy...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Facebook) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo says the wearing of life jackets on motorized passenger boats should be made compulsory. Rillo, a vice chairman of the House Committees on Metro Manila Development and on Tourism, had this say following...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A gave P10,000 cash assistance to the bereaved families of passengers who perished in the recent motorbanca mishap in Binangonan, Rizal. Photo courtesy of DSWD A total of 18 families from Talim Island received the assistance,...
Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Senator Grace Poe on Saturday, July 29, sought life imprisonment for the captain of motorboat Princess Aya that capsized off Binangonan, Rizal and claimed the lives of 27 passengers last July 27. ‘’Pangalawa yung multa naman doon saka pag-blacklist sa kumpanya na...
Motorbanca (MBca) Princess Aya was overloaded with passengers when it capsized off Binangonan, Rizal on Thursday, July 27, amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Egay”, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) According to data from the PCG, the...
CEBU CITY – A group of students was rescued after the motor banca they were riding stalled off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Eighteen students from the University of Cebu (UC)-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue Campus contracted the motor banca for island-hopping on Easter Sunday. A GROUP of students is...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel collided with a motorbanca in Batangas City on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. (Screenshot via Coast Guard Station Batangas) MV Stella Del Mar, which is being operated by Starlite Shipping, accidentally rammed into an...
A local fisherman survived the harsh weather condition spawned by typhoon "Jolina" after he managed to tie his motorbanca to a fish marker in Leyte. Fisherman Enrique Alicame survived the harsh weather condition after he managed to tie his motorbanca to a fish marker in Leyte on Monday, Sept. 6,...
At least 20 passengers were rescued from a capsized motorbanca off the waters of Pagadian City n Zamboanga del Sur. (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) In a report from GMA’s State of the Nation, the rescued passengers, who were mostly children, came from Islas Puting Balas. The report said they were about to...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued at least six fishermen from two distressed motorbancas in Navotas City, it said on Thursday, July 29. The fishermen were identified as Michael Andres, boat captain of MBCA Two Sister 3, and his companions Boboy Jeraldino, and Dindin Ocampo; Eddie...
