DISTRESSED vessel ML Sea Glory ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy (PN) rescued 19 persons from a distressed vessel in the sea off Banguingui, Sulu Sunday night. A multi-purpose attack craft, the MPAC BA-487, was dispatched to conduct rescue operations after Navy personnel learned about a...
Eighteen crew members of a cargo vessel were forced to abandon their ship as strong waves and heavy downpour triggered by tropical storm ''Dante" threatened their safety, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson said on Wednesday, June 2. Eighteen crew members abandoned a cargo vessel in the...
After the successful enforcement of maritime laws against Chinese militia vessels, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday, May 21, that it has intensified its exercises in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to further defend the country’s territory and protect Filipino fishermen in the...
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven Robinson AO on Thursday confirmed that negotiations are still ongoing between the Department of National Defense and Austal, a world-renown Australian defense contractor and shipbuilder, for the procurement of AUS$600 million worth of six naval...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have assisted a 29-year old woman who gave birth in a Roll-on, Roll-off (RoRo) vessel at the Pasaco port in Camarines Sur on Tuesday, April 27. While conducting a pre-departure inspection in M/V Virgen de Peñafrancia bound for San Pascual, Masbate, the...
The Philippine Coast Guard has stepped up its maritime patrol in the West Philippine Sea amid the aggressive presence of Chinese vessels in the disputed areas which include the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). In fact, PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said their ships, BRP Gabriela...
Authorities have recovered two more bodies of missing crew members of a cargo vessel that ran aground the shoreline of Surigao del Norte after the onslaught of typhoon “Bising,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Saturday, April 24. The recovery of two more crewmen of the cargo...
