China should be the one to leave Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino said on Monday, Aug. 19. Senator Francis Tolentino (file photo) This was after China's Foreign Ministry claimed in a statement that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Cape Engaño sustains a hole with a diameter of 1.10 meters located on the starboard quarter after colliding with a China Coast Guard vessel in Escoda Shoal on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo: PCG) Tensions flared anew in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) after Philippine...
The China Coast Guard (CCG) claimed that Philippine and Chinese vessels collided near the Sabina or Escoda Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, Aug. 19. (China Coast Guard screenshot) In a statement, CCG spokesperson Gan Yu said that two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
A photo handout dated May 11, 2024 shows the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), the biggest ship of the...
Lt. Cdr. Michael John Encina, commander of Coast Guard Station Bataan, says an oil pumping machine will arrive from Singapore on Aug. 16, 2024 to hasten the oil recovery operations for sunken tanker MTKR Terranova. (Courtesy of PCG/Zoom) An oil pumping machine from Singapore was scheduled to arrive...
A deep sea diver successfully installs a flange valve plate onto the surface of a tank onboard sunken tanker MTKR Terranova as part of initial siphoning operations on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo: Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. via PCG) The full-blown siphoning operation to drain 1.4 million liters...
Nineteen days since it sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan, the initial siphoning of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from sunken tanker MTKR “Terranova” officially began on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the initial siphoning aims to assess the flow...
Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley” floats partially off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan on Aug. 12, 2024 while the siphoning of seawater from the vessel continues. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley”, which sank off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan last July 27...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard on Sunday, August 11, turned over 180 kilograms of golden trevally fish, locally known as “badlon,” worth P50,000 caught through blast fishing to the Holy Family Homes Inc., an orphanage in Barangay Cabug, this city. THE Coast Guard turns over 180...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental said it is committed to holding people responsible and accountable in the suspected molasses spill that affected approximately 1.3 hectares of the Sagay Marine Reserve. According to the city government, the operator of MT Mary Queen...
Nesthy A. Petecio (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) honored Olympians Nesthy A. Petecio (boxing) and Elreen Ann Ando (weightlifting), both enlisted personnel at the Coast Guard Special Service Office, for their laudable performance in the ongoing Paris Olympics in...
Gerald Anderson was commended by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for joining rescue efforts amid the onslaught of Typhoon Carina. The actor was awarded a “search and rescue medal” by PCG commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, in a ceremony held at the PCG headquarters in Port Area, Manila on...
