BRP Teresa Magbanua (File photo: PCG) The Japanese government will provide five ships to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to further boost its maritime security capability. The assets are expected to complement the two 97-meter and 10 44-meter multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) earlier acquired by...
Citing its numerous assistance to the country, Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri stated that this really shows that Japan is indeed a best friend to the Philippines. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (from left), Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, House Speaker Martin...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida boards BRP Teresa Magbanua, a Philippine Coast Guard vessel acquired from Japan, during his courtesy visit at the PCG headquarters in Manila on Nov. 4, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) Japan has been a dependable partner of the Philippines in securing its maritime...
Admiral Shohei Ishii (right), Commandant of Japan Coast Guard, shakes hands with Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan, Commandant of Philippine Coast Guard, during his courtesy visit at the PCG National Headquarters in Manila on Nov. 4, 2023. (Photo by Arnold Quill / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Coast Guard...
PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan (Photo by PCG) Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan will discuss security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region with his Japanese counterpart and the country's prime minister in Manila on Saturday, Nov. 4. Gavan will host Japan Coast...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A fire hit a cargo vessel docked at the port of Castilla in Sorsogon on All Souls’ Day. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said MV Ken was hit by the fire at around 11 a.m. in the vicinity waters of the Castilla anchorage area in Barangay Poblacion. WATCH:...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog temporarily suspended on All Souls’ Day the search for a 26-year-old man who jumped off a ship on the sea of Calatagan, Batangas, on Monday, October 31. The PCG-Southern Tagalog said the search for Iloilo City resident Ralph...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel searches for a cargo passenger of MV Maligaya who fell overboard at the vicinity waters of Calatagan, Batangas on Oct. 31, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) A 26-year-old man fell overboard from a cargo-passenger vessel in Batangas on Tuesday, Oct. 31, triggering search and...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel provides security support during the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by PCG) Nearly 50,000 passengers were monitored in ports nationwide Monday, Oct. 30, many of them rushing to go...
Landing craft tank (LCT) Ellis Mari IV runs aground off San Jose, Romblon on Oct. 28, 2023 but all of its 19 crew members, including the captain, are rescued. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) A landing craft tank (LCT) ran aground off San Jose, Romblon on Saturday, Oct. 28, but all of its 19 crew...
Security personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine Coast Guard (AFP) are sent off on Oct. 23, 2023 at Camp Crame in Quezon City for the Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA...
PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed its investigation of the October 22 collision of Filipino and Chinese vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, and the results will be submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after the...
