ILOILO CITY — Six Filipino and seven Indian seafarers were repatriated from an international-flagged cargo ship stranded in the sea between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Patricia Yvonne “PY” Caunan and Iloilo City Rep. Julienne...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Sailors aboard the BRP General Mariano Alvarez (PS176) have successfully rescued a wooden-hulled vessel carrying 90 people that was in distress off Tawi-Tawi, the Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) said Friday. Capt. Hilarion Cecista, WMNC acting commander, said the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has mobilized BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) and an aircraft to monitor, challenge, and escort a Chinese research vessel suspected of conducting illegal marine scientific research off the coast of Ilocos Norte. Tan Suo 3 was detected entering the country’s...
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...
Malacañang refused to make a comment on the recent sighting of a Chinese research vessel off Cagayan, saying they cannot speculate on it pending investigation. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Malacañang is...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Jay Tarriela shows the inverted "D" pattern taken by a Chinese research vessel while surveying the waters of Batanes during a press conference in Manila on April 7, 2025. The vessel entered the Philippines' exclusive economic zone on April 2 and has been...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said a landing craft tank and a dredger collided off Rosario, Cavite on Wednesday, March 26. No casualty was recorded when LCT Nicia and MV Sangko Uno 66 crashed into each other but the two vessels sustained minor damages, the PCG said. According to initial...
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...
The Philippine Navy (PN) monitors Chinese research vessel "Lan Hai 101" which was first detected navigating within the eastern waters of Palawan last Feb. 9, 2025 and last spotted at 17 nautical miles west, northwest of Cabra Island in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro on Feb. 11. (Photo: PN) The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 121 passengers of a distressed vessel reported missing for nearly a week during a search and rescue operation in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Jan. 14. ONE-HUNDRED twenty-one passengers of a distressed vessel were rescued in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Jan. 14....
China has defended the presence of its “monster ship” within the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that Malacañang views with concern. "It is fully justified," said Guo Jiakun, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Guo said that...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventy-two persons aboard MV Weesam Express 6 were rescued after the vessel suffered mechanical trouble shortly after departing the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) port here on Friday, August 23. THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued passengers of MV Weesam...
