ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija - The SM Megacenter Cabanatuan commended a guard named SG Ryan Asuncion for returning a bag owned by a mall goer on Thursday, August 11. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The bag owned by Mary Joyce Rapsing, a resident of Barangay Matawe, Dingalan, Aurora, contained her wallet...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) working dog named “James” helped anti-narcotics operatives in detecting crystal meth or “shabu” worth P6.8 million in a buy-bust operation in Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, August 9. Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),...
ILOILO CITY – M/V Filipinas Cebu ran aground in Iloilo after the helmsman, who steers the ship, fell asleep, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said in its initial investigation. M/V Filipinas Cebu grounded in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Fame Carton) “According to the ship’s captain, the helmsman did...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed that it has found out the cause of the grounding of roll-on/roll-off vessel MV Filipinas Cebu in Iloilo on Tuesday, August 9, where 261 passengers and crew members were stranded. (Screenshot courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a statement Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old security guard died when his motorcycle collided with a tricycle and was ran over by a multicab in in Barangay Alijis here Monday, August 8. A SECURITY guard died after a tricycle collided with his motorcycle and was ran over by a multicab in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod...
A roll-on/roll-off passenger ship ran aground off Concepcion, Iloilo past Tuesday midnight, August 9. (Screenshot courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) MV Filipinas Cebu, operated by Cokaliong Shipping Lines, departed from Iloilo at 7:14 p.m. Saturday bound for Cebu. However, it was grounded in the...
ILOILO CITY — All 223 passengers and 37 crew of M/V Filipinas Cebu are safe after it ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo, past midnight Tuesday, August 9. THE passenger and cargo ship M/V Filipinas Cebu that ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Courtesy of Jhon Rey...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty-two guests, including an infant, stranded by a heavy downpour on Sta. Cruz Island here were rescued by the Zamboanga City government and Coast Guard personnel Sunday, August 7. FORTY-two stranded guests at Sta. Cruz Island were brought back to Zamboanga City by a...
Another Filipino has joined the Pontifical Swiss Guards. Photo courtesy Radio Veritas A report from Radio Veritas identified the Filipino as Sebastian Esai Eco Eviota. Veritas said Eviota, who left the Philippines in 2009, is the first full blooded Filipino to become part of the Pontifical Swiss...
COAST Guard personnel examine boxes of smuggled imported cigarettes intercepted in Oslob, Cebu. (PCG 7 photo) CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seized Monday, August 1, boxes of smuggled imported cigarettes valued at P2.1 million in Oslob, Cebu. They were intercepted by personnel...
The death of former President Fidel V. Ramos on Sunday, July 31, reverberated throughout the uniformed service as tributes continued to pour in for him. The Philippine flag in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City flies at half-staff on Aug. 1, 2022 as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) grieves over...
