The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing for the possible deployment of emergency teams that will help in search and rescue (SAR) operations in Turkey following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Monday, Feb. 6. Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine persons were rescued after they were sighted by fishermen floating in the waters off Barangays Tomongtong and Gahit in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 4. Chief Petty Officer James Comeros, sub-station commander of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Victorias,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed the search and rescue mission for an engine cadet who fell overboard while a motor vessel was travelling to Manila five days ago. In a statement, the PCG said the search and rescue for 22-year-old Marnel Vincent Balaba was halted a day after the incident...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda celebrated on Wednesday, February 1 her birthday by launching the ‘’Bayong-All-You-Can’’ program in the Senate and distributed 2.5 tons of rescue produce through Rural Rising (RuRi) Philippines. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, who...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 41 passengers and five crew members of a motorbanca that nearly sunk in the vicinity waters of Caboang Bay in Balabac, Palawan on Sunday, Jan. 29. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG A report from the PCG said motorbanca Jatropha was transiting the vicinity...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Authorities have yet to spot the missing Cessna 206 light plane in this province. The Police Regional Office 2 said on Monday, Jan. 30, that police and military search-and-rescue teams are scouring the mountainous terrain of Barangays Sapinit and Dicambangan and...
SOLDIERS searching for the missing plane in Isabela. (Army FB) The Philippine Army (PA) on Monday, Jan. 30, said three of its search and rescue teams from the 5th Infantry Division are still searching for the Cessna 206 and its passengers who went missing in Isabela last week. These teams are from...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now verifying the identities of the seven Chinese fishermen who were rescued onboard a distressed fishing vessel off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on Friday, Jan. 27. (Photo courtesy of PCG) “The Philippine Coast Guard Station Eastern Leyte provided...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian expressed his “sincere gratitude” to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for rescuing the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel damaged off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, calling it a testament of the “millennium friendship and bayanihan...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued seven Chinese crew of a distressed fishing vessel in the sea of Suluan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on Friday night, Jan. 27. The PCG Command Center received a distress call from FV Kai Da 899 due to damaged hull around 2:09 p.m. on Jan. 26....
Authorities have stepped the search for the missing Cessna 206 light plane in Isabela. The Philippine Army, Philippine National Police, and the Bureau of Fire and Protection scoured Barangays Sapinit and Dicambangan in Divilacan and Barangay Dibuluan in San Mariano, Isabela on Thursday, Jan. 26,...
A cargo ship ran aground off Barcelona, Sorsogon due to rough weather condition, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Sunday, Jan. 22. Photo: PCG An incident report from the PCG said landing craft tank (LCT) Regent 101 departed from Lazi, Siquijor on Jan. 19 enroute to Lidong, Albay when it...
