ZAMBOANGA CITY – A seven-month-old baby and 16 other persons died in the ill-fated voyage of the M/V Trisha Kirsten 3 in the sea of Basilan on Monday, Jan. 26. The powerful image of the deceased infant became a compelling symbol of grief amid growing concerns of safety hazards in sea travel. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Rescuers are racing against time to rescue survivors of a sunken roll on, roll off vessel in Basilan on Monday, Jan. 26. Fifteen people were killed and 224 were rescued when the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 operated by Aleson Shipping Lines sank off the coast of Barangay Baluk-baluk Island...
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...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela — Fourteen passengers, mostly students, were rescued after their motorized boat capsized on the Pinacanauan River in Barangay Cataguing here on Monday morning, Dec. 22. Police said the victims were on their way home after attending dawn Mass at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Weesam Express, a fastcraft transporting passengers from Zamboanga to Basilan and vice versa, sunk while docked at the port of Zamboanga at dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Vessel captain Samuel Sabanal said the boat crew initially observed water seeping into the vessel at around 3 a.m.,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities safely rescued 20 fishermen two hours after they received a distress call from a fishing vessel in the sea of Basilan and Sulu, police said Monday. Police Major Geobani Calle, chief of the Basilan Maritime Police Station (MARPSTA), said the 20 fishermen, all crew of...
POLILLO, Quezon - Twenty-three individuals were rescued after their motor banca capsized near Balesin Island here on Wednesday morning, July 30. Police said FBCA King departed Balesin Island to Mauban and Atimonan in Quezon with 22 passengers and the captain. Two hours later, passengers gathered...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Occidental Mindoro Gov. Eduardo B. Gadiano on Monday, April 21, temporarily stopped sand-dredging operations in the sea of Rizal town after a vessel capsized last April 15 that resulted into the death of at least nine crew members. THE Philippine Coast...
A crew member died and 10 others remain missing after a sand carrier vessel sunk in the sea of Barangay Malawaan, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon, April 15, the Philippine Coast Guard said. MV Hong Hai (PCG photo) The body of the victim, Chinese, was recovered in a search and...
Thirty-two individuals were rescued from a vessel that sank in the sea of Taganak Islands in Tawi-Tawi province on Sunday, March 17. TWENTY-SIX persons were rescued from a vessel that sank in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on Sunday. (Naval Forces Western Mindanao) The Philippine Navy rescued 26...
GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – Two persons are missing and four were rescued after the motor banca they were riding in capsized on the Manato River between Barangay Balinarin here and Tagkawayan town, this province, on Saturday, Feb. 1. Police identified the missing as Efimaco Hernandez and Backo...
PATNANUNGAN, Quezon – Seven crew members were rescued after their cargo ship sank in the sea of Barangay Poblacion here on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7. Water began flooding the ship after it was hit by large waves due to bad weather while enroute to the port of Atimonan, Quezon from this town....
