Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels BRP Cabra and BRP Sindangan are surrounded by China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal, West Philippine Sea on Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Commodore Jay Tarriela / PCG) The Philippine...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Friday, September 8 thanked and congratulated the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard for completing another resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal once again. This is now the third successful mission in five weeks,...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires water cannon at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel during a rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin Shoal in Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan on Aug. 5, 2023. (Photo: PCG) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully conducted another rotation and...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Adm. Artemio Abu renders a salute during the wake of Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Ponciano Nisperos Jr. in San Fernando City, Pampanga on Sept. 8, 2023. Nisperos drowned while in the middle of a search and rescue (SAR) operation in Tubao, La Union on...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, San Fernando City, La Union – A member of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drowned during a retrieval operation for a drowning victim on the Ifugao River in Sitio Daeng, Barangay Halog East, Tubao, La Union, on Tuesday, September 5. Police identified the victim...
Capt. Jomark Angue, deputy chief of Coast Guard Staff for Maritime Safety Services (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed on Tuesday, Sept. 5, that it has implemented a policy revision to allow voyage of sea vessels in select areas even during the bad weather. Capt. Jomark...
PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to conduct oil spill clean-up operation to extricate approximately 9,800 liters of diesel and lube oil from a sunken motor tugboat in Naga, Cebu. PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo said...
Members of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Special Operations Group-North Western Luzon (SOG-NWLZN) respond to a drowning incident in Tubao, La Union on Sept. 5, 2023 when one of their own, Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Ponciano Nesperos, fell on the river and drowned. (Photo by PCG) A...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Six alleged human trafficking victims were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi while en route to Malaysia to work without pertinent documents, the PCG reported on Monday, Sept. 4. The PCG said the victims – four females and...
Oil leaks as MTug Sugbo 2 sinks off the Naga Anchorage in Naga, Cebu on Sept. 3, 2023, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. (Courtesy of PCG) Authorities have responded to avert the spread of an oil spill to other areas as a motor tugboat sank off Naga, Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Thirteen fishermen were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) when their boat sank off Calatagan, Batangas on Sunday, August 27. Fishing vessel Anita DJ II is seen half-submerged near the shorline of Cape Santiago in Brgy. Bagong Silang, Calatagan, Batangas on Aug. 27, 2023. Authorities...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday, August 27 said he has no qualms supporting the proposal to allocate P100-million in next year’s budget to fund the construction of permanent structures in Ayungin Shoal. But Angara said he sees the need to ask the Department of...
