A motorboat and a tourist boat collided off Cantilan, Surigao del Sur on Jan. 3, 2025 due to miscommunication on vessel signaling. Twenty-three individuals were rescued from the two distressed boats. (Photo: PCG) An apparent poor communication led to the collision of a motor boat and a tourist...
The United States of America (USA) has expressed its support for the Philippines following another incident of Chinese aggression where the China Coast Guard (CCG) rammed a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel in Escoda Shoal in the South China Sea (SCS). Photo/Screenshot courtesy of PCG/X In a...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel inspects the damage incurred by passenger ship MV Fastcat M19 after it collided with barge Krizza Rica off Verde Island in Batangas on April 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PCG) A passenger ship was damaged when it accidentally collided with a barge loaded with...
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur – Three persons were killed and six were injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and van before dawn on Sunday, February 25, in Barangay Gogongong, this town. FLAMES consume a van burns as police tend to victims of a three-vehicle collision in San...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A water taxi carrying five foreign passengers collided with a fast craft vessel in the sea between Batangas and Mindoro, killing the taxi boat’s captain and one crew member on Wednesday, January 31. MV Ocean Jet 6 (Jerry Alcayde) Reports from the Philippine...
There were no Filipino onboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) flight that caught fire at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo after a collision with a second aircraft, the Japanese Embassy in Manila said on Thursday, Jan. 4. An official looks at the wreckage of a Japan coast guard plane on the tarmac at...
The Philippine Embassy in Japan will “continue to persist” in obtaining information from the Haneda Airport in Tokyo and Japan Airlines (JAL) if there were Filipinos aboard the plane that collided with another aircraft and burst into flames upon landing. This photo provided by Jiji Press...
China has blamed the US for the Philippines actions in the West Philippine Sea that Beijing described as infringing and provocative. Mao Ning, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said that the Philippines’ supposed “infringement and provocation at Ren’ai Jiao have been emboldened and...
Japan said it will work with the United States and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), among other members of the international community, to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific after China blocked the path of a Philippine vessel in the West Philippine Sea. In a...
The security advisors of the Philippines and the US have talked to each other by phone to discuss China’s recent dangerous maneuver against Philippine personnel in the waters off Ayungin Shoal. Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Año was assured by US National Security Advisor Jake...
President Marcos has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to investigate the recent incident in the West Philippine Sea wherein Chinese vessels reportedly hit Philippine boats, which were on a rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre in the disputed waters. COMMANCE CONFERENCE...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s dangerous maneuvers against Philippines vessels that eventually led to collisions in the Philippine waters and summoned the latter’s top diplomat in Manila to seek for an explanation. However, Chinese Ambassador to the...
