Search and retrieval operations are ongoing for an eight-year-old boy who reportedly fell into the Tullahan River in Barangay Tinajeros, Malabon City. The incident occurred along Sisa Extension–Goldendale Extension on Thursday, Feb. 19. According to the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and...
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...
Three fishermen who were reported missing in the waters off Occidental Mindoro were rescued while one of their companions was found dead after their boat drifted for five days due to engine failure, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Saturday, Feb. 14. The PCG said it received a radio...
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...
The death toll from the sinking of roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel MV Trisha Kerstin 3 climbed to 51 after Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) technical divers recovered six more bodies from the wreck, a ranking official revealed on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Five bodies were found during a deep dive that began at...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM) announced Thursday that the commander of the Coast Guard Santa Ana Substation and seven others have been relieved following the disappearance of the MBCA Amejara, an outrigger boat, off the waters of Davao Occidental...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine National Police-Regional Maritime Unit (PNP-RMU) bared on Wednesday, Jan. 21, that they did not receive any distress call from a missing recreational vessel on Monday. Only one of 15 people on board MBCA Amejara was rescued on...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, Jan. 21, expanded its search and rescue operation for 15 more missing passengers and crew of the recreational motorbanca (MBCA) “AMEJARA” as a lone survivor recounted how strong winds and currents caused the vessel to capsize in the Davao Gulf. PCG...
DAVAO CITY – Search and rescue operations for the 14 persons onboard a missing vessel has expanded to the vicinity of Sarangani Islands in Davao Occidental, said Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Capt. Noemi Cayabyab Tuesday. Cayabyab said a multi-agency air and surface search has been deployed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Twelve people were rescued after their boat sank in the sea of Simunul and Bongao municipalities in Tawi-Tawi province on Monday, Jan. 19. The Philippine Coast Guard said they were among the 50 passengers of M/L Sitti Nur that departed Manok Mangkaw Pier in Simunul on Monday...
DAVAO CITY – A recreational vessel with 15 passengers and crew went missing in the Davao Gulf on Monday night. A search and rescue operation is underway on Tuesday, Jan. 20, for the vessel. The Philippine Coast Guard Station-Davao Occidental has issued a Notice to Mariners on Monday to be on a...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued nine individuals aboard a motorbanca that lost power while sailing off Big Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in El Nido, Palawan on Sunday, Dec. 28. A report from the PCG said a distress call was received by personnel of the Coast Guard Station...
