Despite what it described as the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) “illegal, coercive, and aggressive actions,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday, July 23, carried out a fuel subsidy mission for Filipino fisherfolk at Bajo de...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday, July 22, said President Marcos Jr. 's decision to summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan sent a clear message that the national government considers China 's latest actions in Ayungin Shoal "unacceptable."...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday, July 22, warned fishermen and mariners to stay away from waters off Northern Luzon after China pushed through with the launch of a private rocket whose debris could fall near the country’s territory. The Coast Guard District Northeastern Luzon...
Fresh details have emerged regarding the violent maritime clash between Philippine Navy (PN) sailors guarding the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel as military and coast guard officials unraveled how a routine patrol devolved into a...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. defended the government 's transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying efforts to discredit it only serve China 's interests. Teodoro issued the statement on Monday, July 20, after some lawmakers...
ALCALA, Cagayan — An off-duty member of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued two individuals injured in a road crash in Barangay Maraburab here on Sunday. Apprentice Seaman Windhel O. Lugmao, a member of the Coast Guard District Northeastern Luzon (CGDNELZN), was on his way home to Ilocos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued a distressed wooden-hulled vessel carrying relief goods off Pandami municipality in Sulu province on Saturday afternoon. In a report Sunday, Commander Al-Hafidz Bih, commander of Coast Guard Station-Western Sulu, said the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
A Japan Coast Guard (JCG) training vessel arrived on Thursday, July 16, in Manila for a four-day port visit which the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) described as a move to strengthen cooperation and reaffirm maritime partnership between the two allied countries. On board the training vessel...
More Filipinos want the government to prioritize modernizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) over other security measures to protect the country 's maritime rights, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey commissioned by the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Coast Guard Station here on Sunday joined the “Tunog ng Karagatan,” a nationwide ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award. The event was marked through the simultaneous blowing of ships’ horns at the Port of Zamboanga. The...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday, July 8, announced that it has placed multiple of its districts across the country on heightened operational readiness as Super Typhoon “Inday” moved closer to Northern Luzon, with response teams, rescue assets, and patrol units on standby for...
