CEBU CITY – Eighteen persons were rescued after a motorized banca sank off Gilutungan Island, Cordova, Cebu on Sunday, Dec. 28. Initial findings revealed that the motorized banca sailed from Getafe, Bohol for Cebu City when it became unstable near the waters off Gilutungan Island. The boat...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued nine individuals aboard a motorbanca that lost power while sailing off Big Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in El Nido, Palawan on Sunday, Dec. 28. A report from the PCG said a distress call was received by personnel of the Coast Guard Station...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed on Monday, Dec. 29, that it has rescued four crew members of a motor banca that broke down off Romblon’s waters. The Coast Guard Sub-Station Cajidiocan responded to a distress call on Dec. 27 involving “MBCA JRM” which lost engine power and drifted...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recorded 3.8 million inbound and outbound passengers in ports nationwide as of Monday, Dec. 29, as holiday travel continued to surge days before the New Year’s Day celebration. PCG spokesperson Captain Noemie Cayabyab said the figure reflects passenger traffic...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued six passengers after a motor banca nearly sank while crossing waters between Negros Oriental and Cebu on Saturday, Dec. 27. A report from the Coast Guard Station (CGS) Negros Oriental said the incident happened off Guihulngan City and near Dumanjug, Cebu....
Passenger traffic in ports nationwide eased days after Christmas as the Philippine Coast Guard reported significantly lower sea travel volume on Sunday, Dec. 28, under Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Pasko 2025. From 12 midnight to 6 a.m., the PCG recorded 35,346 outbound passengers and 28,996 inbound...
A civil society coalition on Saturday, Dec. 27, rejected China’s claim that it rescued a Filipino fisherman in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), calling it a “deceptive, self-serving, and propaganda-driven public relations campaign” meant to sanitize the numerous abuses committed by Chinese...
China said one of its military vessels assisted a distressed Filipino fisherman in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, but the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) remained skeptical of the account and questioned the presence of the Chinese warship in the area. A People’s Liberation...
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...
