ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
ILOILO CITY — All 223 passengers and 37 crew of M/V Filipinas Cebu are safe after it ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo, past midnight Tuesday, August 9. THE passenger and cargo ship M/V Filipinas Cebu that ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Courtesy of Jhon Rey...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty-two guests, including an infant, stranded by a heavy downpour on Sta. Cruz Island here were rescued by the Zamboanga City government and Coast Guard personnel Sunday, August 7. FORTY-two stranded guests at Sta. Cruz Island were brought back to Zamboanga City by a...
NUEVA Vizcaya police conduct search and rescue operations for a three-year-old girl carried away by strong river current in Barangay Alloy, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya Saturday, August 6. (PNP photo) KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya – A three-year-old girl went missing after she was swept away by strong river...
EMERGENCY responders help evacuate residents of Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City after the area was flooded Thursday night, August 4. (Photo from Bantay Mandaue) CEBU CITY – Several areas in Metro Cebu were flooded following a heavy downpour that lasted for hours Thursday night, August 4. The...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Two persons died when their motorcycle crashed into a tree and concrete post on the national highway in Barangay Bagong Kalsada here Sunday, July 31. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victims as Roger Postanes and backrider Redster Carranza. Investigation...
JACKSON, United States -- Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueling effort to locate victims of flooding that devastated the state's east, the governor said Sunday. Aerial view of homes submerged under flood...
CAGAYAN -- Residents of Barangay Dodan in the coastal town of Aparri in this province rescued a pod of dolphins trapped in a fishing net owned by fisherman in the area around 10:00 in the morning on Wednesday, July 27. Photo courtesy of BFAR The incident was reported by Lieutenant Jun-Jun Torio,...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A 17-year-old male died after a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV collapsed Tuesday night, July 26. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the victim as John Michael P. Beltran. Photo from Cavite PPO (MANILA BULLETIN)...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A 46-year-old woman died rescuing two drowning minors in a beach in Barangay Guis-guis Talon, this town, Sunday, July 24. The Sariaya police identified the victim as Juvelyn Cabrera, single, of Barangay San Isidro, Taysan, Batangas. Police withheld the names of the minors....
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners were rescued from a tunnel that collapsed in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao here Friday, July 22. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the survivors as Benedict Palen Abuan, 44, married, private miner; Frederick Palen Abuan, 35, also a private miner,...
CEBU CITY – A roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro) passenger vessel did not reach its destination after encountering engine trouble off Mactan Channel in Cebu Sunday, July 10.MV Lite Ferry 11 was stalled at sea for more than seven hours before it headed back to its port of origin. PHILIPPINE Coast...
