ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 175 passengers and crew of a distressed vessel in the sea of Sulu on Saturday, September 9. PASSENGERS of the M/B Queen Shaima are transferred to the BRP Ivatan after they were rescued by a Philippine Navy boat. (Navforwem photo) An Armed...
The families of the 27 casualties in the July 27 MB Aya Express tragedy will get P10,000 each from an insurance company while the 36 survivors will get P5,000 each. Sen. Grace Poe presides over the Senate Committee on Public Services' investigation on the July 27 mishap that resulted in the...
The Rizal provincial government said on Friday, July 28, that it will provide aid to the victims and families of the ill-fated motor banca that capsized in Laguna Lake in Barangay Kalinawan, Binangonan, Rizal on Thursday, July 28, during the onslaught of Typhoon Egay. Recue and retrieval operations...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 11 passengers from a motorbanca which ran aground and eventually sank off Surigao City on Saturday, July 23. Motorbanca “Justin” had just departed from a floating resort in Brgy. Day-asan en route to Surigao City around 3:30 p.m. when it accidentally hit...
ILOILO CITY – One person died and three others were rescued when their motor banca capsized off the coast of Carles town, Iloilo province on Friday night, July 14. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Iloilo Station identified the fatality as 35-year-old Cecille Fuentes, a resident of island Barangay...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) will test its ability to integrate, plan, and execute firing and tactics plans to sink a mock enemy ship as they kick off the Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 23 on Thursday, July 6. *(File photo: Philippine Marine...
HAVANA, Cuba -- Five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States from Cuba sank, official Cuban media reported Friday. A serious economic crisis is fuelling an unprecedented exodus from Cuba, particularly to the United States....
BEIJING, China -- Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat said Thursday. The Jin Tian, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110 kilometres (68...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy went missing after a motor banca capsized in the sea of Barangay Sangat in San Fernando town, southern Cebu province on New Year’s Day. Stephen Pagcaliwagan, information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG-7), said 24 residents of Barangay...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai military frigates and helicopters were on Monday searching for 31 sailors after a naval vessel sank, with dozens of others having been hauled from choppy waters. The HTMS Sukhothai capsized late on Sunday night as it was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, about 37 kilometres...
ILOILO CITY – When will a flyover built on the boundaries of this city and the municipality of Pravia town at a staggering P680 million budget ever become passable? The big question came from no less than Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. and was addressed to...
APARRI, Cagayan – The body of a passenger missing after their boat sank on the Cagayan River in Barangay Macanaya here on Friday was found on Sunday, Nov. 13. The victim was identified as Erold Leste. Leste was found by a fisherman who probed the Cagayan River. Seven of his companions were...
