Executive Secretary Ralph Recto has joined the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) as an auxiliary vice admiral. Recto received the rank during his donning and oath-taking ceremony on Friday, Feb. 27, aboard BRP Teresa Magbanua. “As I don this uniform that now rests on my shoulders, I do so...
DAVAO CITY – Six fishermen from Davao Oriental safely returned home on Feb. 27, a week after they were reported missing by the Philippine Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM). The provincial government of Davao Oriental confirmed that the MBCA Liezl docked at the Port of City of...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM) on Wednesday, Feb. 18, formally terminated the search and rescue and retrieval operations for the missing MBCA Amejara. GDSEM commander Commodore Philipps Soria issued the announcement exactly a month after the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday, Feb. 12, to study filing murder charges against Aleson Shipping Lines, which owns the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 that killed 51 passengers. "Pag-aralan niyo po kung baka pwedeng murder (Please study whether murder...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson believes that the debate proposed by Senator Rodante Marcoleta on whether the Kalayaan Island Group belongs to the Philippines could potentially affect the basic right of abode of the Filipinos already living there. Lacson thus appealed to retired...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta wants a "friendly debate" first before discussing the invitation to a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight to the Kalayaan islands. This is in response to the (PCG) spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Commodore Jay Tarriela 's invitation to him on X....
The Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 27, suggested studying the possibility of recommending to the President to declare a Chinese Embassy official persona non grata, following a new social media post undermining Philippine senators. This is amid a Senate resolution signed by several senators condemning...
Senator Robinhood Padilla called out a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official 's use of caricatures of Chinese President Xi Jinping, stating that disrespect toward a foreign leader invites a similar response. During the plenary session on Monday, Jan. 26, Padilla criticized what he described...
Seventeen crew members of Singaporean cargo ship M/V Devon Bay were finally turned over by the China Coast Guard (CCG) to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after the vessel sank off Agno Bay in Pangasinan, a ranking official disclosed on Monday, January. 26. PCG ship BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701)...
China’s coast guard has rescued 13 Filipinos after their Singaporean-flagged ship capsized in the waters off Bajo de Masinloc early Friday morning, Jan. 23. Photos released by the Chinese Embassy in Manila showed how the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) pulled off the search and rescue for Filipinos and...
(UPDATED) A Singaporean-flagged general cargo vessel loaded with iron ore listed and eventually capsized off Ango Bay in Pangasinan, prompting search and rescue (SAR) operations from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and even China Coast Guard (CCG) ships loitering within Philippine waters on...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) monitored 41 Chinese vessels in four key maritime features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) during the first week of 2026, a figure higher than the recent weekly average of 25. Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, AFP spokesperson for the WPS, said monitoring...
