Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), visits the headquarters of the Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao in Zamboanga City on Dec. 5, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will go on a heightened alert from Dec. 13 to Jan. 6, 2025 in...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) The national government will continue to employ a peaceful and...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has approved the creation of 4,000 new positions for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in 2024 to strengthen its core functions. The additional positions—819 officers and 3,181 non-officers—aim to bolster the PCG's core...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) Tensions flared anew in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) after...
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PA) Navy aircraft flies dangerously close to Filipino fishing vessels in Rozul Reef, West Philippine Sea on Nov. 28, 2024. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed two of its ships to Rozul Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)...
Russian submarine Ufa 490 is detected by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and escorted by the Philippine Navy while transiting the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 28, 2024. (Photo: AFP) (Updated) A Russian diesel-electric attack submarine has been monitored in Occidental Mindoro last week...
Dredger vessel "Harvest 89" is anchored in Mariveles, Bataan on Nov. 26, 2024. The Philippine Coast Guard finds 13 undocumented Chinese crew member and a uniform resembling the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aboard the vessel during an inspection. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
BACOLOD CITY – Commander Jan Terazona has been designated as the new head of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental. Terazona, deputy commander of Coast Guard District Southern Visayas, replaced classmate Commander Jansen Benjamin during the turnover of command ceremony...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and other law enforcement agencies participate in the Inter-Agency Maritime Capability Exercise (MARCAPEX) 2024 held in Davao City from Nov. 21 to 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spearheaded a maritime exercise involving other...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel throws a box of family food pack to his comrades onboard a separate vessel during the unloading of relief assistance intended for victims of Super Typhoon "Pepito" at the Virac Port in Catanduanes on Nov. 22, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has turned over the K-9 Training Facility, which it helped finance in a bid to further improve ports security across the country, to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The K-9 Training Academy located in Mabalacat, Pampanga is the first-ever K-9 Academy in...
Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel conduct pre-emptive evacuation in vulnerable areas in Bicol on Nov. 16, 2024 amid the threat posed by Super Typhoon "Pepito". (Photo: 9th Infantry Division) Super Typhoon “Pepito” pounded Luzon and affected more than 852,000...
