The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday, June 15, said that it witnessed a ship boarding exercise by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) in Kagoshima, Japan. The small board operation and exercise was carried out by the JCG onboard patrol ship PL 69 Koshika last June 13. The small board operation and...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has prepared its deployable response groups (DRGs) across its 16 districts nationwide to enhance its disaster response capabilities this typhoon season. Commander Michael John Encina, deputy spokesperson of the PCG, said the DRGs are composed of coast guard...
The flagship vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), has arrived in Japan to participate in the second trilateral maritime exercise among the PCG, United States Coast Guard (USCG), and Japan Coast Guard (JCG). In a statement Saturday, June 14, the PCG said that...
A suspected human trafficking victim died when a motorboat carrying 11 individuals en route to Malaysia capsized off Palawan, crushing her dreams of finding work abroad. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Tuesday, June 10, that MBCA (motorbanca) Kumpit was transporting nine passengers, all...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will launch an environmental damage assessment after a Chinese vessel ran aground near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), West Philippine Sea (WPS) over the weekend. PCG spokesperson for WPS Commodore Jay Tarriela said the vessel, a...
The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed three ships to patrol the West Philippine Sea in the Ilocos region following the recent recovery of billions worth of floating shabu in the area. Coast Guard District North Western Luzon chief Capt. Mark Larsen Mariano said they have deployed two high-speed...
Local fisherfolk in Palawan were alarmed when a Chinese vessel ran aground near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Saturday, June 7, amid inclement weather. According to the military, local fishermen spotted the vessel around 3 p.m. at about two nautical miles from the...
The Department of National Defense (DND) will coordinate with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for the planned establishment of a new coast guard station on Balabac Island in Palawan. DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said the area on Balabac Island where they initially planned to put up a...
DAGUPAN CITY – More packs of suspected shabu were found floating in the West Philippine Sea in Pangasinan, authorities said on Saturday, June 7. Twenty-one additional packs of shabu were discovered and turned over by fishermen, bringing the total to 28, days after seven packs valued at ₱1.17...
A total of 123 Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel will participate in a trilateral maritime exercise with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) in Kagoshima, Japan two weeks from now. PCG Commandant, Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan led the send-off ceremony for the crew of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will participate in a trilateral maritime exercise with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Japan Coast Guard (LCG) in Kagoshima, Japan from June 16 to 20. In a statement, the PCG said it would deploy its 97-meter multi-role response vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) expressed confidence on Monday, May 26, that the civilian convoy of the civic-society group Atin Ito Coalition will not be subjected to water cannon harassment by Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Despite its notoriety for firing water cannon at...
