DASOL, Pangasinan – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued nine fishermen from a half-submerged fishing vessel in the West Philippine Sea here on Tuesday night. F/B RICKMAR 1 (FB) BRP Cabra received initial information regarding distressed fishing boat F/B Rickmar 1 with nine crew members...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard Sub-Station in Siasi, Sulu rescued 32 individuals from a capsized passenger motor banca on Saturday, September 14. PASSENGERS and crew of a capsized motor banca are rescued in the sea of Siasi, Sulu. (PCG) The motor banca, owned by...
CEBU CITY – Six crew were rescued from a motor banca that stalled in the sea of Mantatao Island, Calape, Bohol on Thursday night, June 20. The Five Brothers motor banca was half-submerged when the crew were rescued by personnel of the Coast Guard Station Bohol substation in Loon and...
CEBU CITY – Fiberglass motorized bancas were distributed for free to fishermen in the towns of Dauis and Calape in Bohol province. MOTOR bancas made of fiberglass were distributed to fisherfolk in Bohol province. (Contributed photo) The distribution of 28 units of 22-foot motor bancas at...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued eight individuals onboard a distressed boat in the sea of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, on December 26. EIGHT persons – four South Koreans and four Filipinos – were rescued after their boat experienced in the sea of Sablayan,...
The Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine motor banca crew after their brand-new boat sunk in the sea of Malabrigo Point in San Juan, Batangas on Friday, December 22. The 35-ton passenger motor banca Hasta Lavista left Dinagat Island in Surigao del Norte on December 20 for Calatagan, Batangas....
ILOILO CITY – One person died and three others were rescued when their motor banca capsized off the coast of Carles town, Iloilo province on Friday night, July 14. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Iloilo Station identified the fatality as 35-year-old Cecille Fuentes, a resident of island Barangay...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A passenger cargo vessel rescued five persons from a motor banca that capsized in the sea of Basilan on Valentine’s Day. PASSENGERS of a capsized motor banca disembark from a passenger cargo vessel that rescued them at the Basilan Strait on Tuesday, Feb. 14. (PCG photo) The...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy went missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Barangay Sangat in San Fernando town, southern Cebu province on New Year’s Day. Stephen Pagcaliwagan, information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG-7), said 24 residents of Barangay...
