UPDATE Eight crew members of a tugboat were rescued after their vessel capsized off Golo Island in Looc, Occidental Mindoro on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 8. All eight crew of tugboat Betheva 2 are rescued after the vessel capsized off Golo Island in Looc, Occidental Mindoro on Oct. 8, 2022. (Photo by...
Actress and Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez has joined the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA). Actress and Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez joins the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) Executive Squadron on Oct. 7, 2022. (Photo by PCG) Gomez took her oath before PCG commandant...
Joint operatives of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Philippine National Police (PNP) rescued two female victims of human trafficking during an operation in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. The victims, aged 30 and 26, were intercepted while they were boarding a passenger vessel in the coastal territory of...
Chinese vessels were spotted over Bajo de Masinloc during the aerial surveillance of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday, Oct.6. PCG commandant Admiral Artemio M. Abu said four China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels – two inside and two outside the BDM--were spotted while two Chinese...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Jean Paul Tolin bagged the top spot of the Gunner's Mate "A" School Class 03-2022 of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Training Center. Tolin, a native of Dumaguete is assigned to the Coast Guard Fleet aboard BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301),...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Tuesday, Oct. 4, that four Vietnamese fishermen have been apprehended by authorities after they were allegedly caught in the act of using sodium cyanide, a poisonous compound, in their fishing activities off Pag-asa (Thitu) Island. ​Pag-asa Island,...
A newly constructed motorboat caught fire off Malamawi Island in Isabela City, Basilan on Sunday, injuring one person. Photo by Philippine Coast Guard The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that motorboat "Prince 1" was razed by fire in the vicinity waters off Barangay Marang-Marang, Malamawi Island...
Over a thousand residents from Batangas benefitted from a “mega” medical and dental mission conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Malvar town on Sunday, Oct. 2. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant, Adm. Artemio Abu (File photo by PCG) Adm. Artemio Abu, PCG Commandant, spearheaded...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, Sept. 30, expressed grief over the shooting to death of one of its commissioned officers in Indang, Cavite. Coast Guard Lt. Junior Grade (CG LTJG) Rando Val Siega (Photo by PCG) Coast Guard Lt. Junior Grade (LTJG) Rando Val Siega, 31, was shot dead while...
Tragic as it my be, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday, Sept. 27, that search and rescue teams should learn lessons from the death of five rescuers in San Miguel, Bulacan while trying to save lives amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon "Karding." Photo by Philippine Coast Guard Adm....
Most of the sea ports in Luzon that were affected by Super Typhoon “Karding” have already returned to normal operations, the Philippine Coast Guard said Tuesday, Sept. 27. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson Commodore Armando Balilo (Screenshot from PTV livestream) Commodore Armando...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said 75 passengers were stranded on Sunday, Sept. 25, after several sea trips in different ports in Cebu were cancelled due to bad weather from typhoon “Karding.” Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG 7) spokesperson Lt. Jr. Grade Krysta...
