The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will deploy three Filipino cadets to New London, Connecticut in the United States to undergo a four-year training at the US Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) this month. Adm. Artemio Abu (second from front right), Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, administers the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Wednesday, June 1, that it has filed criminal charges against four officers of MV Happy Hiro, the cargo vessel that collided with a Filipino fishing boat in Agutaya, Palawan. MV Happy Hiro (File photo courtesy of PCG) Admiral Artemio Abu, PCG Commandant,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officially welcomed the BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), its newest floating asset, at the PCG headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Wednesday, June 1. BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702) arrives at the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters in Port Area, Manila on June 1,...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has approved the donation to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of fuels that were seized by the Bureau of Customs and forfeited in favor of the government. The Customs will turn over a total of 41,356.8 liters of...
A highly combustible material was found in the deck of MV Mercraft 2 which possibly became the source of the fire that burned the fast craft vessel while sailing in Real, Quezon last week, killing seven passengers. MV Mercraft 2 catches fire while sailing at sea in Real, Quezon on May 23, 2022....
ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued four people aboard a distressed motorized wooden boat in Carles town, Iloilo province. A tugboat of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) tows a distressed motor banca (wooden boat) off the waters of Carles town, Iloilo province. Four...
A female diver was rescued after losing consciousness in a scuba diving accident at Tubbataha Reef in Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Wednesday, May 25. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a press statement, the PCG said the Filipina diver, whose identity was not...
The future BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702) is scheduled to sail from Shimonoseki Shipyard in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on Sunday, May 27. The future BRP Melchora Aquino (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Saturday, May 21, that it has been conducting harbor...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to train more personnel even as it nearly tripled its size in terms of workforce in six years under the administration of President Duterte. Admiral Artemio Abu, PCG Commandant, said the organization “is now more capable” of performing its...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed on Monday, May 16, its newly acquired multi-role response vessel, BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), for its first-ever mission – a marine pollution exercise in Indonesia. The Philippine Coast Guard deploys BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV)-9701) on May 16, 2022...
The recently held 2022 national and local elections have been generally peaceful despite some incidents of strafing, explosions, and ballot-snatching, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced Tuesday, May 10. Comelec acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco speaks in a press briefing at the...
The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday, May 4, that the five children who went missing after swimming at Taal Lake in Balete, Batangas have drowned. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The PCG identified the fatalities as Sherin Ashtrid Dela Rosa, eight; Jaime Rose Ann Jacutan, 12; Kurtney...
