Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have culminated their one-week anti-piracy and anti-terrorism drills in Mindanao on Sunday, June 27. PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said the Coast Guard personnel have practiced and applied their anti-terrorism training off Sulu, Tawi-Tawi,...
An all-female class graduated from the first-ever Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s radio operator course in Pasay City on Friday, June 25. Dubbed as “Angels of the Sea,” the 81 female graduates of the radio operators course were employed during the district-level training in Basilan Strait and...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a Very High Frequency (VHF) radio repeater to enhance communication channels in the coastal communities of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi. Personnel of the PCG Communications, Electronics and Information Systems Command have already inspected the 506 square meter...
The national flags in all Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) stations across the country were flown at half-mast to mourn and honor the passing of former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III. The PCG said Friday, June 25, that it joined all Filipinos in mourning and praying for the death of the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported 3,000 vials of Chinese-made Sinovac vaccines in the far-flung town of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi to inoculate the residents against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it said Friday, June 25. Hundreds of residents in Mapun, Tawi-Tawi have received their first...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has activated a base station in Luuk, Sulu on Wednesday, June 23, to increase maritime awareness in the southern part of the country. During the ceremony, PCG Commandant Admiral George Ursabia Jr. shared that the activation of the Coast Guard base was aimed at...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported 33 boxes of Chinese-made Sinovac vaccines for residents of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, June 23. Personnel of the PCG’s BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), in cooperation with the 55 medical workers of Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), are set...
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have distributed books and pairs of slippers for hundreds of children in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, June 22, while conducting maritime exercises in the area. Personnel of the PCG’s BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401) and Coast Guard Public Affairs, in cooperation with...
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) elite Special Operations Force conducted firearm familiarization exercises in Southern Mindanao on Monday, June 21. Personnel of the BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) have also joined the activity as part of the Task Force “Pagsasanay,” a unit formed by...
Local fishermen lend a helping hand to the members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) as they delivered food and medical supplies in Maimbung, Sulu on Tuesday morning, June 22. Local fishermen lend a helping hand to the members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) as they safely delivered relief...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has welcomed 489 commissioned officers and enlisted personnel ho finished the Coast Guard officer’s course and non-officers’ course in Bagac, Bataan on Saturday, June 19. The newly graduates are composed of 438 enlisted personnel and 51 commissioned officers....
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have started on Monday, June 21, the third phase of their maritime drills, which zero in on anti-piracy and anti-terrorism in Mindanao to strengthen the maritime law enforcement within the region. PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said the third...
