PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan (Photo by PCG) Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan will discuss security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region with his Japanese counterpart and the country's prime minister in Manila on Saturday, Nov. 4. Gavan will host Japan Coast...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A fire hit a cargo vessel docked at the port of Castilla in Sorsogon on All Souls’ Day. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said MV Ken was hit by the fire at around 11 a.m. in the vicinity waters of the Castilla anchorage area in Barangay Poblacion. WATCH:...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog temporarily suspended on All Souls’ Day the search for a 26-year-old man who jumped off a ship on the sea of Calatagan, Batangas, on Monday, October 31. The PCG-Southern Tagalog said the search for Iloilo City resident Ralph...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel searches for a cargo passenger of MV Maligaya who fell overboard at the vicinity waters of Calatagan, Batangas on Oct. 31, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) A 26-year-old man fell overboard from a cargo-passenger vessel in Batangas on Tuesday, Oct. 31, triggering search and...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel provides security support during the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by PCG) Nearly 50,000 passengers were monitored in ports nationwide Monday, Oct. 30, many of them rushing to go...
Landing craft tank (LCT) Ellis Mari IV runs aground off San Jose, Romblon on Oct. 28, 2023 but all of its 19 crew members, including the captain, are rescued. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) A landing craft tank (LCT) ran aground off San Jose, Romblon on Saturday, Oct. 28, but all of its 19 crew...
Security personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine Coast Guard (AFP) are sent off on Oct. 23, 2023 at Camp Crame in Quezon City for the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA...
PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed its investigation of the October 22 collision of Filipino and Chinese vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, and the results will be submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after the...
Two Filipino fishermen who were reported missing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, Oct. 27. The PCG identified the fishermen as Rolando Pudolin, 48, and Jeblen Deyta, 30, both from Balayan, Batangas. According to Coast Guard District...
Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will place all of its operating units on a heightened alert in preparation for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan instructed coast guard districts, stations, and...
The passage of the proposed law on maritime zones would help the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to clearly strengthen the defined zones in the country’s maritime jurisdictions. PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela...
Passengers of MV Filipinas Butuan transfer to a motorboat after the passenger vessel ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu on Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo by PCG) A passenger ship ran aground off Cebu on Monday, Oct. 23 causing an oil leak, but all 239 individuals onboard were rescued, the Philippine Coast...
