The number of people who perished due to a fire at passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 reached 29 while search and rescue operations and coastal patrol continued in the vicinity waters off Basilan to find seven others who were still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, March...
In this week’s press briefing at Malacañang Palace, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno proposed a four-pronged plan on reforms in the pension program for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), whose current assets are not enough to patrol the country’s territorial waters and protect Filipino fishermen against foreign aggressors. Estrada said given the recent developments in the...
Close to 400,000 liters of industrial oil remain intact inside the ill-fated MT Princess Empress which sank off the waters of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro exactly a month ago, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed on Tuesday, March 28. PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said the estimate...
BATANGAS – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Batangas released a maritime advisory allowing the resumption of leisure activities along coastal waters of Verde Island on Saturday, March 25. The advisory released at around 8 a.m. on March 25 cited the prompt response of the PCG, local government...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The United States Coast Guard cited the Philippine Coast Guard for its unique handling of the oil slick off the coast of this province. Stacy Crecy, leader of the US Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, said the PCG was very well-organized due to its unique method of...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
The Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change will look into the possible administrative liabilities of both the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on the oil spill that ruined the waters of Oriental Mindoro due to the sinking of...
The unmitigated disaster that was the oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Princess Empress has exposed how ill-equipped the country is in responding to such disasters, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee. As such, Lee is batting for the allocation of more funds for the acquisition of booms...
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro (PNA) – The city government is now on alert after residents of Sitios Villa Antonio and Proper in Barangay Navotas reported traces of an oil slick on Thursday afternoon, March 16. In a phone interview on Friday, March 17, Dennis Escosora, head of the Calapan...
HOTSPOT It is unconventional wisdom but governments, past and present, actually owe generations of jeepney drivers and operators a lot. The fact is, these family-run micro-enterprises have been the backbone of public transportation nationwide. Without them, there’s no mobility across the...
Expect to see Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the aftermath of the embarrassing theft committed by some members of the Office of Transportation Security (OTS). The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
