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)...
The officers and crew of the newly-acquired Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV-9701) of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have conducted a successful sea trial at the vicinity waters off Bataan as part of the final acceptance procedure. Commander Anthony Cueva, of the PCG and Engineer Enrico Ferrer of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Six passengers of a distressed vessel were rescued in the waters off Little Coco Island, Basilan Province on Thursday morning, Feb. 17. A Coast Guard personnel rescues one of six passengers from a distressed vessel in the waters off Basilan Province on Thursday, Feb. 17. (PCG photo)...
Claiming that the regular patrol of the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy ships in Bajo de Masinloc has stopped, aspiring Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan committed to bring it back if elected vice president. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan During the launch of his campaign for the May elections...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have started their sea trial of the Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV)-9701 that was bought and will be used in patrolling territorial waters of the country. The sea trial, according to the PCG statement, occurred in Japan seas. The MRRV-9701 is the...
