Eighty-five persons onboard a roll on/roll off vessel that ran aground off Lanao del Norte have been rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the agency said on Friday, April 21. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) The PCG said MV Filipinas Cebu was stranded after running aground at Maigo Point...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have rescued 85 commercial ferry boat passengers, including five babies, off Maigo, Lanao del Norte, the local PCG station said on Friday, April 21. In a statement, PCG-Maigo Station said passengers aboard MV Filipinas Cebu were rescued...
Ten out of the 11 remaining leakages from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress have already been sealed as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Monday, April 17, the “completion” of the underwater operations of the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) of Japan and United States in...
What was supposed to be a time for reflection turned out to be deadly for some as 78 cases of drowning in different parts of the country were monitored during the Holy Week last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, April 12. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The PCG said the...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas logged more than a million sea passengers during the Holy Week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard assists a passenger in Iloilo City. (PCG Iloilo) The PCG said 1,045,194 passengers traveled across different ports in Western...
A total of 77,078 passengers trooped to various sea ports nationwide on Good Friday, April 7, to catch last-minute trips back to their home provinces for the Holy Week break. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that 43,776 outbound passengers and 33,302 inbound passengers were monitored in all...
ILOILO CITY – No new oil slick has been sighted in the northeastern coastal town of Caluya in Antique province, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-6 said during the first quarter meeting of the Western Visayas Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) here. CLEANUP of debris...
More than 106,000 passengers were monitored in various ports around the country on Holy Wednesday, April 5, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The PCG said it recorded 58,043 outbound passengers and 48,681 inbound passengers in all ports nationwide from 6 a.m. to 12 noon. Meanwhile, a total of...
Three more passengers of the fire-hit MV Lady Mary Joy 3, including a Philippine Army (PA) personnel, were finally found by search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams a week after the deadly sea blaze off Basilan that has now killed 31 people, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Holy...
The oil spill emanating from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress is feared to have reached Coron, Palawan, based on satellite imagery from a United States (US)-based science agency. In a press briefing Monday, April 3, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced that a possible oil slick...
Around 100,000 passengers were monitored in various seaports nationwide on Holy Monday, April 3, as travelers started going back to their home provinces or visited tourist destinations for the Holy Week break, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The PCG said that it listed 52,334 outbound...
Search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations were ongoing to find the 24 persons who remained unaccounted for when a fire struck passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 while sailing off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan last March 30. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday,...
