A Philippine Navy (PN) personnel aboard BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) observes Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) during the first Philippines-Japan maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP) This 2024, the world has...
Authorities and volunteers recover the lifeless body of a woman who was swept away near a riverside in Sta. Cruz, Marinduque on Dec. 26, 2024. The victim was swept away by strong floodwaters and believed to have drowned on Christmas Day. (Photo: PCG) A woman believed to have drowned on Christmas...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Two fishermen who got stranded when their motorboat suffered engine failure while they were fishing off Bagac, Bataan over the weekend were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Fishermen Giovannie Austria and Angelo Pilote were onboard the...
Passengers line up in long queues to catch trips at the Batangas Port on Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo: Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog) Close to 40,000 passengers were monitored by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in various ports nationwide while thousands flocked to the Parañaque Integrated...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel conduct strict inspection at the Manila North Port Passenger Terminal on Dec. 21, 2024 as Filipinos begin to travel home for Christmas. (Photo by John Louie Abrina / MANILA BULLETIN) As Filipinos begin to travel home for Christmas, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship and a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel sail close to each other in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) criticized China’s Ministry of Defense for allegedly “bullying” Filipino fishermen in the West...
Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), leads the oath-taking of 2,000 draftees at the Coast Guard Fleet Parade Ground in Pier 13, Port Area, Manila on Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo: PCG) Two thousand draftees took their oath on Monday, Dec. 9, as they began the rigorous...
"The Philippines has never been an agent of escalation of tensions." This was how President Marcos responded to the recent aggression of China in Bajo de Masinloc, where it deployed its Navy in blocking Philippine vessels within the country's waters. A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a...
BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) returns to Manila on Dec. 9, 2024 following a five-day port visit in Manado, Indonesia. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) safely returned to the country on Monday, Dec. 9, after completing a five-day port visit in...
Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), visits the headquarters of the Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao in Zamboanga City on Dec. 5, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will go on a heightened alert from Dec. 13 to Jan. 6, 2025 in...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has approved the creation of 4,000 new positions for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in 2024 to strengthen its core functions. The additional positions—819 officers and 3,181 non-officers—aim to bolster the PCG's core...
China on Wednesday, Dec. 4, claimed it was the Philippine vessel that rammed into the larger Chinese ship in the waters off Scarborough Shoal. While many countries already condemned China for ramming the Philippine vessel, China maintained they were not the one that did so. The Chinese Embassy in...
