BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued eight individuals onboard a distressed boat in the sea of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, on December 26. EIGHT persons – four South Koreans and four Filipinos – were rescued after their boat experienced in the sea of Sablayan,...
The Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine motor banca crew after their brand-new boat sunk in the sea of Malabrigo Point in San Juan, Batangas on Friday, December 22. The 35-ton passenger motor banca Hasta Lavista left Dinagat Island in Surigao del Norte on December 20 for Calatagan, Batangas....
BACOLOD CITY – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has released close to P500,000 in financial assistance to 28 distressed or displaced overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) here and Negros Occidental last month. DISPLACED OFWs from Bacolod City and Negros Occidental receive P500,000 in...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisherman in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Armed Forces Western Command (Wescom)...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
Eighteen distressed Filipino workers from Lebanon were repatriated last week by the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, April 3. In a statement through the DFA, the embassy reported that it sent home 18 distressed Filipino workers on March 29 and...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Ten Malaysians and Filipinos from distressed ships were rescued by the Philippine Navy and two foreign vessels in the sea of Tawi-Tawi province during inclement weather on Christmas Eve. TEN Malaysians and Filipinos were rescued by the Philippine Navy and two foreign vessels in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine passengers from a distressed motor banca in the sea of Zamboanga del Norte province at dawn on Friday, Dec. 2. THE Philippine Coast Guard rescues nine passengers of a distressed motor banca in the sea of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte....
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 Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has launched a systematic way of assisting Filipinos in distress while working abroad through a help center that will focus on their repatriation. Dubbed as “One Repatriation Center”, DMW Sec. Susan “Toots” Ople said it will serve as a command center...
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)...
