Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and enhancing its capabilities to better protect the country’s maritime resources. Go said Senate Bill No. 2112 aims to improve the capacity of the PCG as it seeks to provide it with...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intercepted an unidentified motor banca loaded with P600,000 worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes from Indonesia. (Photo: PCG) The PCG Station Western Sarangani flagged the boat while sailing off Brgy. Taliac in Maasim, Sarangani Province last Saturday, May 6....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Monday, May 8, that it has shifted its operations from rescue to retrieval of the four missing passengers of the sunken dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper. (M/Y Dream Keeper / Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a statement, the PCG said that the Coast Guard...
A cargo vessel ran aground in the vicinity waters off Little Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga City on Friday, May 5. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that MV Audie departed from General Santos City en route to Leyte when the incident occurred. Citing a statement from the unnamed...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has put in place measures to contain yet another oil spill that resulted from the sinking of Sierra Leone-flagged dredger MV Hong Hai 189 off Bataan on Friday morning, May 5, one week since it capsized after colliding with another foreign-flagged vessel. (Photo:...
A P5-million reward was offered to anyone who could provide any information on the whereabouts of a Chinese passenger who went missing when dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper sank off Tubbataha, Palawan earlier this week. (M/Y Dream Keeper / Courtesy of PCG) In a letter sent to the Manila Bulletin, a...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Thursday, May 4, disclosed that it is planning to enter a formal partnership with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), aiming to utilize space science technology and applications (SSTA) for the country's maritime domain. PhilSA and PCG representatives at...
Cagayan de Oro City 2 nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Monday, May 1 called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to consider recalling the country’s ambassador to Beijing as a show of protest and displeasure over the near-collision incident between a Philippine Coast Guard...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has retrieved the remains of the third fatality from the collision of Sierra Leone-flagged dredger MV Hong Hai 189 and Marshall Island-flagged oil tanker MT Petite Soeur off Corregidor Island near Bataan over the weekend. (Sierra Leone-flagged dredger MV...
It took 10 hours before firefighters finally put out the fire that razed MV Diamond Highway, a vehicle carrier, off Lapu Lapu City, Cebu on Friday, April 28. (Courtesy of PCG) The fire that started around 2 p.m. Friday was declared out by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Cebu at 12:35 a.m....
A Filipino and Chinese crew were killed as two foreign-flagged vessels collided in the water off Corregidor Island on Friday night, April 28. ( Two foreign-flagged vessels collided in the vicinity waters off Corregidor Island on April 28, 2023. Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday urged China to respect the Philippines' rights over the West Philippine Sea and honor the freedom of navigation after a Chinese vessel dangerously blocked a Philippine vessel in the Ayungin Shoal. Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, issued a...
