A sprawling facility allegedly operating as a scam hub inside a freeport zone in Sitio Cabog-cabog, Balanga City, Bataan was raided by authorities on Thursday, Oct. 31.Nearly 1,000 Filipino workers were rescued by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission in the operation conducted on the...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Fishermen found a total of 2.1 kilos of suspected shabu valued at P14.6 million floating on the sea of Zambales and Bataan on Monday, October 14.SUSPECTED shabu worth P14.6 million was found in the sea of Bataan and Zambales on October 14. Eight...
Officials from the Philippine Coast Guard, Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc., local government of Bataan, Office of Civil Defense, and Bataan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) conduct a final inspection on Sept. 12, 2024 at the ground zero in Limay, Bataan where MTKR...
All questions surrounding the sunken and capsized vessels that caused massive oil spill in Bataan and nearby cities will be investigated, President Marcos said.President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of assistance to fishermen affected by the oil spill in Navotas on Sept....
MTKR Terranova (File photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard)The siphoning operation for sunken tanker MTKR Terranova has been extended until Friday, Sept 13, to ensure that the eight cargo oil tanks onboard are no longer carrying oily waste, a ranking official of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. (Photo: PCG)After five days of suspension due to Tropical Storm “Enteng”, the siphoning of...
Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG)About 150,000 liters of oily waste remain onboard the sunken tanker MTKR...
(Photo: PCG)Nearing the two-week deadline imposed to collect the remainder of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) onboard sunken tanker MTKR Terranova, the process hit a snag after authorities decided to stop the siphoning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) bared on Saturday, Aug. 31.The...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG)A total of 300,000 liters of oily waste have been collected from sunken...
Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG)One of the booster pumps used to drain oil from the sunken tanker MTKR Terranova...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. (Photo: PCG)More than 161,000 liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) mixed with seawater have so...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. This is where the extracted oil and seawater during the initial siphoning are transferred....