The enactment of the new baselines law will help the country’s maritime law enforcers protect the Philippine seas against the intrusion of foreign vessels, retired Supreme Court associate justice Francis Jardeleza said on Monday, July 12 as the country marks the 5th year of its victory over the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a substation to protect residents in coastal communities in Iba, Zambales. The officials of PCG Station Zambales, Barangay Amungan, and Amungan Fishermen Association have signed a memorandum of agreement for the Coast Guard’s utilization of the 60...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) lend a helping hand to local teachers in repairing classrooms and buildings at the Sangali National High School in Zamboanga City. The PCG Substation Sangali and personnel of BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410) participated in the “Brigada Eskwela Program”...
When a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel spotted a group of foreign ships inside the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on April 27, a commanding voice reverberated in the area to declare that they were in the Philippine territory--a powerful voice that eventually drove the intruding vessels...
More than 300 kilograms of assorted trash and marine debris were collected by divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in a simultaneous underwater clean-up drive in Boracay Island, Aklan, it said on Thursday, July 8. Over 300 kilograms of assorted trash and marine debris were collected by...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) bared Friday, July 9, that it has seized at least 70 boxes of alleged smuggled cigarettes loaded on a motorbanca in Layag-Layag, Zamboanga City. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seizes at least 70 cases of smuggled cigarettes that were loaded on a motorbanca in...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assured the public Friday, July 9, that no oil spill happened in the aftermath of a collision between a cargo ship that contained 3,000 liters of oil and a utility foreign vessel at the Manila South Harbor. A cargo vessel MV Palawan Pearl and foreign utility vessel...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intercepted a boat loaded with sacks of hazardous chemicals and boxes of smuggled cigarettes during an intense pursuit in the vicinity waters off Malampaya Gas Platform, Palawan. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted a boat loaded with sacks of...
The Philippine Coast Guard is now racing against time to contain the possible leak of some 3,000 liters of oil off the Manila South Harbor as a result of the collision between a cargo ship and a foreign utility vessel on Thursday, July 8. The recent inspection disclosed that oil sheens have already...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) distributed relief packs and family kits to over 200 evacuees from three barangays in Laurel, Batangas amid continuous magmatic unrest of Taal Volcano. The PCG, in cooperation with the Philippine Army, Philippine National Police (PNP), and Bureau of Fire Protection...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted over 30 Batangas fishermen who sailed in Taal Lake despite the threat of Taal Volcano’s magmatic unrest on Tuesday, July 6. (Photo by ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Noong itinaas ang Alert Level 2 to 3 ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued two fishermen from their sunken motorbanca after being hit by a waterspout off Maasim, Sarangani waters on Saturday, July 3. In an incident report on Tuesday, July 6, the two fishermen were on board MBCA Helena when a waterspout formed near the area where...
