ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued eight passengers of a distressed motor vessel in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Nov. 22. NAVAL Task Group Tawi-Tawi rescued eight passengers from a distressed sea vessel in Tawi-Tawi. (Photo by 2MBde) A report from the Armed Forces-Naval Forces Western Mindanao...
The United States has expressed concern over the presence of Chinese militia in the West Philippine Sea, which State Secretary Antony Blinken described as a "direct threat" to the people and to the environment. During his visit to the Philippines on Saturday, Blinken urged all concerned parties to...
CEBU CITY — Two crew members were injured when a passenger vessel caught fire in the waters off Lapu-Lapu City past midnight Saturday, July 16. FLAMES engulf MV Trans Asia about 100 meters from the shore of Barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City Saturday, July 16. (Photo via Calvin Cordova) MV...
CEBU CITY – All passengers of the ship that caught fire and sank off Bohol Sunday, June 26, have been accounted for, the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG 7) said Monday, June 27. MV Mama Mary Chloe (PCG photo) Lt. Junior Grade Krysta Bergantin, spokesperson of PCG 7, said M/V Mama Mary...
SMOKE is seen from the passenger vessel MV Mama Mary that caught fire while playing the Leyte-Bohol route. (Photo from Shane Mebelle Gavas Besin FB) TACLOBAN CITY – A passenger fastcraft plying the Leyte-Bohol route caught fire Sunday, June 26, and several passengers have been rescued....
Eighty-two students of the Philippine National Police - Special Action Force (PNP) have undergone rigid training on sea vessel assault from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) which culminated on Tuesday, June 21, in Manila. Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard The PCG said that it collaborated...
To further boost its maritime capabilities, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is mulling to buy more 97-meter long multi role response vessels from Japan like the BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) and BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702). (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Vice Adm. Eduardo...
REAL, Quezon – Three dump trucks and a wing van slid out of a cargo vessel that tilted during the cargo-loading process at Real Port, Barangay Ungos in this town on Friday afternoon, June 10. Initial investigation revealed that the LCT Balesin Cargo vessel was trying to balance its position...
QUEZON -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-4A’s) -- Fisheries Protection Law Enforcement Group (BFAR-FPLEG) has caught a fishing vessel in the act of fishing using the prohibited ‘buli-buli’ system in Tayabas Bay on Wednesday, June 1. The erring vessel was caught in the...
A senior official of the Chinese Embassy was summoned by the Philippines over the alleged "harassment" done by the China Coast Guard (CCG) to a Taiwanese vessel conducting research with Filipino scientists in the West Philippine Sea. CCG 5203, CG 5001, RV Legend on March 26 (Photo courtesy of the...
The future BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), the second 97-meter long multi-role response vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), has departed for her first sea trial in Japan ahead of her scheduled delivery in May. The Philippine Coast Guard's MRRV-9702 undergoes sea trial in Japan. (Courtesy...
China has defended the reported "intrusion" of a Chinese naval vessel in the Philippine waters, saying it was an "exercise of the right of innocent passage." Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian (Photo courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)...
