The oil spill emanating from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress is feared to have reached Coron, Palawan, based on satellite imagery from a United States (US)-based science agency. In a press briefing Monday, April 3, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced that a possible oil slick...
Around 100,000 passengers were monitored in various seaports nationwide on Holy Monday, April 3, as travelers started going back to their home provinces or visited tourist destinations for the Holy Week break, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The PCG said that it listed 52,334 outbound...
Search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations were ongoing to find the 24 persons who remained unaccounted for when a fire struck passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 while sailing off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan last March 30. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday,...
Authorities have finally started the bagging operation to seal off the leaks from motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress which sank in the vicinity waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Bagging is a technique where the...
After 63 days, the seven Chinese individuals who were “rescued” by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from a distressed supply vessel that got lost in the vicinity waters off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar last Jan. 27 were finally allowed to go back to their home country. The PCG...
A fuming Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. is taking maritime authorities to task for the deaths of 29 passengers of MV Lady Mary Joy 3, which caught fire a few days ago off the waters of Basilan. Barzaga said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina)...
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Friday, March 31, ordered an investigation on all the vessels operated by Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc., the owner of MV Lady Mary Joy 3 which caught fire while transiting Basilan recently. The incident killed 29 people. Marina Administrator Hernani Fabia...
The number of people who perished due to a fire at passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 reached 29 while search and rescue operations and coastal patrol continued in the vicinity waters off Basilan to find seven others who were still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, March...
In this week’s press briefing at Malacañang Palace, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno proposed a four-pronged plan on reforms in the pension program for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), whose current assets are not enough to patrol the country’s territorial waters and protect Filipino fishermen against foreign aggressors. Estrada said given the recent developments in the...
Close to 400,000 liters of industrial oil remain intact inside the ill-fated MT Princess Empress which sank off the waters of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro exactly a month ago, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed on Tuesday, March 28. PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said the estimate...
BATANGAS – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Batangas released a maritime advisory allowing the resumption of leisure activities along coastal waters of Verde Island on Saturday, March 25. The advisory released at around 8 a.m. on March 25 cited the prompt response of the PCG, local government...
