Nineteen days since it sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan, the initial siphoning of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from sunken tanker MTKR “Terranova” officially began on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the initial siphoning aims to assess the flow...
Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley” floats partially off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan on Aug. 12, 2024 while the siphoning of seawater from the vessel continues. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley”, which sank off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan last July 27...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard on Sunday, August 11, turned over 180 kilograms of golden trevally fish, locally known as “badlon,” worth P50,000 caught through blast fishing to the Holy Family Homes Inc., an orphanage in Barangay Cabug, this city. THE Coast Guard turns over 180...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Sagay in Negros Occidental said it is committed to holding people responsible and accountable in the suspected molasses spill that affected approximately 1.3 hectares of the Sagay Marine Reserve. According to the city government, the operator of MT Mary Queen...
Nesthy A. Petecio (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) honored Olympians Nesthy A. Petecio (boxing) and Elreen Ann Ando (weightlifting), both enlisted personnel at the Coast Guard Special Service Office, for their laudable performance in the ongoing Paris Olympics in...
Gerald Anderson was commended by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for joining rescue efforts amid the onslaught of Typhoon Carina. The actor was awarded a “search and rescue medal” by PCG commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, in a ceremony held at the PCG headquarters in Port Area, Manila on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-northern Negros Occidental is probing a suspected molasses spill in the sea of Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7. A MOLASSES spill affects the sea at the Sagay feeder port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 7....
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of a fishing boat crew member reported missing in Negros Occidental on August 3 were retrieved three days later in the sea of Barangay Guiwanon, Bantayan Island, Cebu on Tuesday, August 6. READ:...
Philippine Coast Guard and arbor Star Shipping Services Inc. personnel conduct a simulation of the siphoning and salvage operations for MTKR Terranova at Lamao Port in Limay, Bataan on Aug. 7, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a mock operation of the siphoning of the 1.4...
A photo handout dated May 11, 2024 shows the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities blamed by the Philippine Coast Guard on China. (Photo by PCG) Sabina Shoal, or locally known...
Motor tanker MTKR Terranova (Photo courtesy of PCG) The shipping company of MTKR Terranova on Tuesday, Aug. 6, dismissed allegations linking them into oil smuggling as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it has launched an investigation to verify reports that the sunken tanker, as well as two...
Philippine coast Guard (PCG) personnel waive Philippine and Vietnamese flags as they welcome Vietnam Coast Guard patrol ship Canh Sat Bien (CSB)-8002 in Port Area, Manila on Aug. 5, 2024. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines and Vietnam, which have overlapping territorial...
