The Philippine Coast Guard has transported fishing boats and fresh supplies to fishermen at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of their commitment to support the community there. *(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) * PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo said...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and strengthen its capabilities in guarding the country’s maritime resources in light of the series of maritime incidents and emergencies in the West Philippine Sea....
CEBU CITY -- Heroic act. That’s how some people, including the police, described the deed of a security guard who helped secure the area where huge wads of cash scattered after they flew out from the busted backpack of a collector of a money remittance company. After the incident, Dean Cueno, 39,...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, July 4 slammed the recent reported aggression of the Chinese Coast Guard against Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels that were in a resupply mission last June 30 and which was reported by the United States Air Force. "The protection of our national...
Three Filipino cadets were deployed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut to train and enhance their skills which they can use once they come back to the Philippines. *(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) * Cadets Princess Kristel...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, July 4 called on the Senate to prioritize deliberations on Senate Resolution No. 659 that seeks to get the Philippine government to sponsor a resolution before the UN General Assembly to call on China to stop its harassment of Filipino vessels in the West...
BACOLOD CITY – A security guard drowned in the sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, here, on Sunday, June 11. RESCUERS retrieve on Monday, June 12, the body of a security guard who drowned at sea in Sitio Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Sunday, June 11. (Photo courtesy of PCG...
The Philippines, Japan and the United States have agreed to pursue efforts to make their dream of a free and open Indo-Pacific come true as officials of the three sides met to discuss future collaborations. High-level officials from the Japanese embassy as well as the Philippines, Japan and the US...
The first ever trilateral maritime exercise between the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), United States Coast Guard (USCG), and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) is not part of any effort to form alliances that would counter China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). *US Coast Guard Cutter...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko said Thursday he is hoping to see more maritime security collaborations between Tokyo, Manila and Washington as the three nations rolled out their trilateral exercises in the hotly-contested South China Sea. Kazuhiko said the arrival of...
Japan dispatched three members of its coast guard to join their Filipino and US counterparts in conducting a weeks-long maritime law enforcement exercises that started May 14 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Personnel from the Japan Coast Guard's (JCG) Mobile Cooperation Team (MCT) provided...
Authorities have rescued 38 passengers of a roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) vessel after it ran aground in the vicinity waters of Dapa, Siargao Islands in Surigao del Norte over the weekend. *A Philippine Coast Guard personnel assists passengers of ro-ro vessel MV Reina Xaviera after it ran aground off...
