The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Sunday, May 24, said it has been coordinating with local disaster officials as rescuers raced to locate dozens of workers feared trapped beneath a collapsed nine-story building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga. OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Mariano...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has sent rescue teams and equipment to assist in the operation to save as many trapped workers in the building that collapsed in Angeles City, Pampanga on Sunday morning, May 24 . BFP officer-in-charge (OIC) Chief Supt. Wilberto Rico Neil A. Kwan Tiu personally...
Six passengers were rescued after their motorbanca capsized in the waters off San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on Wednesday, April 22, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The PCG said it received a report about the incident at around 11 a.m. and immediately sent a floating asset to conduct...
The national government announced Wednesday, April 15, that it has finalized a 10-year-long strategic plan to overhaul how the nation conducts urban search and rescue (USAR) operations. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said that the Search and Rescue Strategic Plan 2026–2036, a comprehensive...
Alert Philippine Navy (PN) personnel rescued nine individuals, including two children, after a motorized banca capsized off the Mactan-Cebu Channel on Tuesday, March 24. The boat was sailing approximately 20 yards from Captain Veloso Pier, Naval Base Rafael Ramos in Lapu-Lapu City when it...
A fisherman from Zambales was found alive after drifting at sea for five days as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) carried out search and rescue operations off Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), it was reported on Sunday, March 22. PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemi Cayabyab identified...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – Thirty-two persons were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from a fishing banca that sunk in the sea of Barangay Punta here on Thursday afternoon, March 19. Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Balayan said FBCA Prince encountered distress due to water ingress after being...
Search and retrieval operations are ongoing for an eight-year-old boy who reportedly fell into the Tullahan River in Barangay Tinajeros, Malabon City. The incident occurred along Sisa Extension–Goldendale Extension on Thursday, Feb. 19. According to the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The death toll in the sinking of ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 climbed to 57 after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered three more bodies on Sunday, Feb. 15. Captain Noemie Cayabyab, PCG spokesperson, said coast guard technical divers found the cadavers during underwater operations in the...
Three fishermen who were reported missing in the waters off Occidental Mindoro were rescued while one of their companions was found dead after their boat drifted for five days due to engine failure, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Saturday, Feb. 14. The PCG said it received a radio...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the death toll in the sinking of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has climbed to 54 after technical divers recovered one body from the wreck site off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan on Saturday, Feb. 14. PCG technical divers commenced underwater operations in connection with...
The death toll from the sinking of roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel MV Trisha Kerstin 3 climbed to 51 after Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) technical divers recovered six more bodies from the wreck, a ranking official revealed on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Five bodies were found during a deep dive that began at...
