The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) suspended the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate of MV FastCat M7 after inspectors found engine-related deficiencies linked to the vessel’s reported black smoke emissions during a recent voyage from Calapan Port to Batangas Port, the Philippine Coast Guard...
BACOLOD CITY – The Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Pulupandan in Negros Occidental rescued 11 passengers of a boat that sank in the sea between Bago City, Negros Occidental and Guimaras Island on Friday, May 15. Investigation said that the boat with passengers attending the burial of a relative...
CEBU CITY – More than 1,000 boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes were seized at the reclamation area in Mandaue City, Cebu. The tobacco products were loaded in 20-foot and 40-foot container vans abandoned at dawn on Tuesday, May 12. Capt. Jerome Lozada, station commander of Coast Guard Station...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) has tightened security measures and increased monitoring of yachts in Tambobo Bay, Siaton, Negros Oriental, to prevent unlawful activities, including the smuggling of illegal drugs and other contraband. Commodore Christopher Auro,...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) hailed a 12-year-old girl for swimming for hours to obtain help for a capsized passenger boat in the sea of Antique province last week. Cherry Ann B. Mateo was awarded by PCG-Western Visayas officials led by Commodore Ludovico D. Librilla Jr. in a...
China continues to conduct marine scientific research (MSR) within the country’s waters in the West Philippine Sea, with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) saying it was backed by a Chinese Coast Guard ship and militia vessels. Based on its latest maritime patrol, the PCG reported that it spotted...
The Economy and Development (ED) Council has approved refinements to the implementation of San Miguel Corp. (SMC)-led Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) and adjustments to a maritime security project involving fast patrol crafts, as the government moves to accelerate infrastructure delivery and...
The national government intensified its readiness for a prolonged relief operation in Albay as the number of residents affected by Mayon Volcano’s activity climbed toward the 200,000 mark, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Tuesday, May 5. OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo confirmed that while...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Saturday, April 25, that it has activated a new internal body to investigate irregularities and pursue cases against erring personnel. PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said the Probity Assurance Team (PAT) – Interim was provisionally...
CEBU CITY – A Coast Guard personnel was caught inside a suspected drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Mambaling here. The PDEA-7 said Neil, a 27-year-old apprentice seaman of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), was one of the two men...
Six passengers were rescued after their motorbanca capsized in the waters off San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on Wednesday, April 22, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The PCG said it received a report about the incident at around 11 a.m. and immediately sent a floating asset to conduct...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard apprehended five persons for allegedly robbing a grounded vessel in the sea of Barangay Cuta here on Friday, April 17. Cadets onboard reported to the Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Batangas City and Special Operations Unit-Southern Tagalog (SOU-STL) that...
