At least 125 liters of industrial fuel oil were extracted from motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress as dynamic support vessel (DSV) Fire Opal intensified its efforts to siphon the remaining oil from the sunken vessel, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Friday, June 2. *DSV Fire Opal extracts...
The first ever trilateral maritime exercise between the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), United States Coast Guard (USCG), and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) is not part of any effort to form alliances that would counter China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). *US Coast Guard Cutter...
ILOILO CITY – A 22-year-old ship apprentice died while trying to save colleagues from drowning on the Iloilo River here on Thursday, June 1. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Sammy Bryle Gonzales, a resident of Zamboanga City and an apprentice of Weesam Express....
Japan dispatched three members of its coast guard to join their Filipino and US counterparts in conducting a weeks-long maritime law enforcement exercises that started May 14 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Personnel from the Japan Coast Guard's (JCG) Mobile Cooperation Team (MCT) provided...
From around 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, there remain 120,000 to 240,000 liters in the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has revealed, as oil siphoning finally began to safely extract the chemical substance deep down the waters of Oriental...
More than 200 units of brand new pistols and heavy machine guns were recently acquired by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to equip its personnel with enough firearms as part of its modernization efforts, it was revealed on Monday, May 29. *(Photo courtesy of PCG) * Adm. Artemio Abu, PCG...
Authorities have rescued 38 passengers of a roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) vessel after it ran aground in the vicinity waters of Dapa, Siargao Islands in Surigao del Norte over the weekend. *A Philippine Coast Guard personnel assists passengers of ro-ro vessel MV Reina Xaviera after it ran aground off...
For the first time ever, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will hold a week-long joint trilateral maritime exercise with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) off Bataan next month. *(Courtesy of PCG) * The exercise will take place from June 1 to 7 in the vicinity waters...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District Western Visayas announced on Sunday, May 28, that some trips of Roll-on, Roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessels and other ferries in Negros Occidental were suspended over the weekend due to the threat of typhoon “Betty.” Those that cancelled trips on...
ILOILO CITY -- Several passenger vessels canceled sea trips on Sunday, May 28, despite no area in Western Visayas region under storm signal due to typhoon "Betty." “It’s not the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that canceled the trips. It’s the initiative of companies as precautionary...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has enforced a no sailing policy in coastal areas in Cagayan Valley to ensure the safety of residents during typhoon “Betty” (international name “Mawar”). Coast Guard Ensign Lamie Mangulay said among banned activities under the no...
China sees nothing wrong with sending its own buoys to the Philippine waters as it has said it is "in accordance with the law." The Chinese Embassy in Manila made the statement on Friday after a ship tracking data observed that Beijing deployed its largest beacon vessel to the West Philippine Sea,...
