TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The 11 Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 2 District Engineering Offices and the Coast Guard have activated their Quick Response Teams (QRTs) for tropical cyclone “Carina.” THE DPWH in Region 2 is ready for tropical cyclone 'Carina.' The DPWH has...
BACOLOD CITY – Commander Jansen Benjamin was installed in concurrent capacity as the new head of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Northern Negros Occidental on Friday, July 19. COMMANDER Jansen Benjamin (left) was installed as the new commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern...
US Coast Guard Cutter Waesche sails off Lubang Island in Mindoro on July 17, 2024 as it holds a passing exercise with the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo: PCG) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) completed a joint passing exercise (PASSEX)...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (middle) receives her rank insignia from Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan onboard the BRP Gabriela Silang after she joined the PCG Auxiliary (PCGA) on July 16, 2024. (Photo: PCG) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG First Lady Marie Louise "Liza" Araneta...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescue a woman using a basin as deep floods caused by heavy rains due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) hit Zamobanga City on July 14, 2024. (Photo: PCG) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Two persons were reported killed as heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon...
Former Philippine Coast Guard commandant Artemio Abu (second from right) signs a deed of donation with Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog commander Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla (second from left) to formalize the donation of a 500-square-meter lot in Isla Verde, Batangas on July 12, 2024. (Photo:...
Passenger-cargo vessel “Ciara Joie 1” runs aground off Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City on July 12, 2024. All 19 crew members of the vessel were rescued, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo by PCG) A passenger-cargo vessel ran aground off the coastal waters in Brgy. Rio Hondo in...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the wreckage of fishing banca "John Robert" on July 9, 2024 after it was hit by an unidentified vessel in subic, Zambales on July 3. The incident left one fisherman missing. (Photo: PCG) Two Chinese bulk carriers were considered as “vessels of interest”...
BACOLOD CITY – Four suspected smugglers were arrested and several boxes of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Negros Occidental in Ilog, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 9. A MOTORBANCA loaded with 150 boxes of smuggled cigarettes from...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino likened the fate of the missing fisherman in Subic, Zambales to a "hit-and-run". Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the wreckage of fishing banca "John Robert" on July 9, 2024 after it was hit by an unidentified vessel in subic, Zambales on July 3....
Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the wreckage of fishing banca "John Robert" on July 9, 2024 after it was hit by an unidentified vessel in subic, Zambales on July 3. The incident left one fisherman missing. (Photo: PCG) A fisherman went missing after his boat was hit by an unidentified...
Participants run during the “Takbo para sa West Philippine Sea” along Seaside Bvld. in Pasay City on July 7, 2024. The fun run which is oprganized by RUNRIO Inc. along with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), National Task Force-West Philippine Sea, Philippine Information Agency (PIA), and the...
