More than 125,000 passengers passed through seaports nationwide by midday on Sunday, Dec. 21, as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continued to manage the steady rise in holiday travel under Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Pasko 2025. From 6 a.m. to 12 noon, the PCG recorded 65,500 outbound passengers and...
Three people died while a three-year-old boy remains missing when two motorbancas were flipped over by “subasko” or squall (sudden violent gusts of wind) and big waves off Aroroy, Masbate, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Saturday, Dec. 20. A report from the Coast Guard District...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Bicol (PCG-5) confirmed on Thursday that two died and two are still missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Aroroy, Masbate on Wednesday. In a phone interview, PCG Bicol commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said initial accounting recorded...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Thursday, Dec. 18, said that reckless and dangerous actions at sea cannot be justified as “effective control measures” as it pushed back against China’s justification for its latest interference with Filipino fishermen and government vessels in the...
The Philippine Navy (PN) has long been providing security for Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even before President Marcos Jr. directed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to boost protection amid China’s continued presence in the area, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief...
The Philippines has issued a demarche to the Chinese Embassy in Manila over the firing of water cannon to Filipino fishermen near Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The demarche was issued through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Dec. 15. "We are giving a demarche to the...
President Marcos has ordered the deployment of Philippine vessels in strategic locations to ensure that Filipino fishermen are safe at sea. This, after the recent water cannon attack made by China Coast Guard against Filipino fishermen near Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, injuring three...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will be on full alert from Dec. 20 to Jan. 4 as part of intensified security measures in ports and coastal areas w ith millions of Filipinos expected to travel by sea this Christmas and New Year. PCG spokesperson Capt. Noemie Cayabyab said 15,000 coast guardians...
BUTUAN CITY – Philippine Coast Guard personnel recovered the body of a missing child on Sunday after an extensive search of the Mayag River in Mainit, Surigao del Norte. The child had been reported missing since Saturday after allegedly falling into the river in Purok Mahusay, Barangay Matin-ao....
Three fishermen were injured after Chinese vessels fired water cannons and carried out dangerous maneuvers against Filipino fishing boats near Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Saturday, Dec. 13. PCG spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela said...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) set new benchmarks in operational readiness and gender inclusion after marking a milestone with the introduction of its first female paratroopers and aircraft counter-hijacking graduates on Friday, Dec. 12. In a historic first for the organization, the PCG hailed...
ILOILO CITY – Water sports activities at world-famous Boracay Island were temporarily suspended for four hours Thursday as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministers held a sunset cruise. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) halted tourist activities such as island hopping, scuba...
