DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District in Southeastern Mindanao has shifted from search and rescue to search and retrieval operations for MBCA Amejara, two weeks after the recreational vessel went missing near the Davao Gulf. PCGDSEM commander Commodore Philipps Soria said that the...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard has widened ongoing search and rescue operations into the Mindanao Sea, Celebes Sea, and Indonesian waters to find more survivors from the ill-fated MBCA Amejara. PCG District Southeastern Mindanao chief Commander Commodore Philipps Soria said they remain...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard Station in the coastal town of Kiamba in Sarangani province confirmed on Friday, Jan. 30, that local fishermen have recovered three life jackets and debris believed to be from the missing MBCA Amejara. A PCG officer, who requested not to be named due to...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense in Davao Region on Wednesday released the identities of four passengers of MBCA Amejara. OCD-Davao Region chief Ednar Dayanghirang identified the bodies as those of Porferio Lanorias Jr., Ranil Florino, John Julius Alcazar, and Hector Emberga. Dayanghirang...
DAVAO CITY – Four of the six recovered bodies believed to be from the ill-fated MBCA Amejara have been identified, the Office of Civil Defense in Davao Region said Tuesday. OCD-Davao Region chief Ednar Dayanghirang said that they were identified by their families. Two of them have been released...
DAVAO CITY – One more floating body was recovered during search and rescue (SAR) operations for the missing motor boat MBCA Amejara, the Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM) reported Sunday evening. This brings the total to six bodies received so far in the search for the boat...
Only four bodies believed to be passengers of the sunken motorbanca MBCA Amejara, not five as earlier reported, were recovered during search and rescue operations by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), a ranking official clarified on Sunday, Jan. 25. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said one of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Saturday, Jan. 24, that at least five bodies believed to be passengers of the recreational motorbanca MBCA Amejara were found off Sarangani as search and rescue (SAR) operations remain ongoing for those missing. Commodore Philipps Soria, commander of...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao confirmed on Saturday, Jan. 24, that five bodies have been sighted and recovered in Philippine waters following the recent sinking of motor banca MBCA Amejara. CGDSEM commander Commodore Philipps Soria said the recoveries...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Friday, Jan. 23, that it has coordinated with the Indonesian government in the search for missing passengers of the motorbanca MBCA Amejara. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said search and rescue (SAR) efforts were intensified while search areas...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine National Police-Regional Maritime Unit (PNP-RMU) bared on Wednesday, Jan. 21, that they did not receive any distress call from a missing recreational vessel on Monday. Only one of 15 people on board MBCA Amejara was rescued on...
A motorbanca with 13 people onboard went missing off Davao Region, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Tuesday, Jan. 20. MBCA Amejara, a recreational motorbanca carrying nine passengers and four crew members, departed Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City around 8 p.m. last Saturday, Jan. 17, and was...
