DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian oil tanker made its way out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday despite threats to shipping from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and using a new route close to Oman’s shore that has been promoted by a U.N. maritime agency. The transit of...
LONDON (AP) — Armed British forces boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker Sunday that is suspected of being part of the Russian "shadow fleet," shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow 's war on Ukraine, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. Royal Marine...
Traffic along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) northbound in Quezon City slowed on Friday morning, June 5, after an oil tanker struck concrete barriers at the Quezon Avenue flyover. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the incident occurred at around 5:26 a.m. when the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said Monday, May 18, that it has received a new water tanker from the private sector, further expanding its emergency water delivery fleet to 31 units and strengthening its disaster response operations nationwide. The new tanker was turned over at the PRC National...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) announced that oil tankers and other vehicles used in the delivery of basic commodities are now exempted from the truck ban and the number coding scheme starting Tuesday, March 24, to expedite the transportation of such goods in Metro Manila. Metropolitan Manila...
CUENCA, Batangas – A jeepney driver was killed and 10 passengers were injured in a collision with a truck in Barangay Ibabao here on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Police identified the fatality as Reynaldo, who sustained severe injuries and taken to a hospital here where he was declared dead. Injured were...
This photo released by the European Union's Operation Aspides naval force shows the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion burning in the Red Sea following a series of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (European Union's Operation Aspides via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates...
Nine Filipino seafarers from an oil tanker seized by Iran’s Navy arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, March 10, while two more are expected to arrive within this week. A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker St. Nikolas was seized by the Iranian Navy. (Kevin...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) officer-in-charge Hans Cacdac said on Sunday, Jan. 14, that there is ongoing coordination between Philippine and Iranian authorities on the fate of the 18 Filipino seafarers being held after their vessel was seized in the Gulf of Oman. A map showing the...
The Department of Migrant Workers Affairs (DMW) said on Saturday, Jan. 13, that the 18 Filipino seafarers currently under Iranian custody after their vessel was seized this week in the Gulf of Oman are in “safe condition.” A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker...
BATANGAS CITY – Two crew members died and a colleague is missing in a fire that hit a tanker vessel in the sea of Batangas on Sunday morning, October 22. The names of the victims were withheld. A crew survived the incident and was identified as John Michael Alamansa, 26, Barangay Kumintang...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Canlubang, Laguna – A tanker truck and an aluminum van caught on fire in Batangas and Quezon on Wednesday, September 27. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the tanker truck loaded with coconut oil was traveling on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) at the highway boundary...
