(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) inaugurated a new surveillance station in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Dec. 1, to monitor China's activities and counter their increasing aggression in the tension-filled waters. The Coast Guard Station...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) urged civilians participating in a Christmas convoy to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) next month to prepare for bad weather, ensure the seaworthiness of the boats that they will use, and be on the lookout for Chinese maritime vessels that are likely to follow them....
(File photo by Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast (PCG) intensified its patrol and security operations to prevent passengers from being victimized by maritime crimes including robbery at sea, theft, and piracy among others. PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan said the 30,000-strong...
A man who ran amok at the Port of Bongao in Tawi-Tawi gets subdued by two Philippine Coast Guard sea marshals and a Philippine Marine Corps personnel on Nov. 22, 2023. The suspect, identified as Salahuddin Sapii, claimed to have planted two bombs at a ferry boat but the threat turned out to be a...
Vietnamese-flagged general cargo vessel Viet Hai Star is seen half-sbumerged off Balabac Island in Palawan on Nov. 22, 2023 after it ran aground. All 17 of its crew members are rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine National Police-Maritime Group. (Photo by PCG) Seventeen Vietnamese...
Personnel of Philippine Coast Guard District Palawan hold a water search and rescue (WASAR) training on Nov. 14, 2023. The PCG suspended all of its WASAR trainings after two of its trainees died. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Another Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) trainee died during a water search and...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel commends the crew of MV Sheng An, a Hong kong-flagged container ship, after they rescued 13 Indonesians and three Chinese crew members of chemical tanker MT King Rich off Badoc Island in Ilocos Norte on Nov. 18, 2023. (Screenshot from PCG video) Sixteen foreign...
A Filipino fisherman is rescued by Filipino seafarers off Agno, Pangasinan on Nov. 18, 2023. The rescued man is one of the two fishermen who were reported missing after their boat submerged on Nov. 17. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) Filipino crew members of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel have...
Personnel of Coast Guard District Palawan holds a water search and rescue (WASAR) training on Nov. 14, 2023. A day after, one of its personnel drowned, prompting the suspension of all WASAR trainings by the Philippine Coast Guard. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has...
Philippine Coast Guard (PG) personnel monitors the situation in the vicinity waters off Barangay 61, Cavite City, Cavite after a fish kill is reported on Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo by PCG) A fish kill in Cavite has been monitored in Cavite as authorities started an investigation to determine the cause...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela (File photo) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) managed to make its closest approach to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal during the latest rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission there last Nov. 10 since Chinese...
A Philippine Coast Guard vessel is blocked by a China Coast Guard ship while on a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal on Oct. 4, 2023. (Screenshot courtesy of Office of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, Nov. 14, expressed appreciation to the Senate for...
