BRP Sindangan (MRRV-4407) trains her hose to MV Hynz 31 which caught fire in Manila Bay on Dec. 19, 2024. (Photo: PCG) An investigation was launched by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to determine the cause of the fire that razed a dredger while in the vicinity waters of Manila Bay on Thursday,...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship and a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel sail close to each other in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) criticized China’s Ministry of Defense for allegedly “bullying” Filipino fishermen in the West...
Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), leads the oath-taking of 2,000 draftees at the Coast Guard Fleet Parade Ground in Pier 13, Port Area, Manila on Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo: PCG) Two thousand draftees took their oath on Monday, Dec. 9, as they began the rigorous...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas is closely monitoring the situation in Negros Island Region following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9. Ensign Jan Abel Lomboy, information officer of PCG-7, said two vessels, MRRV-4402 BRP Malabrigo and MRRV-4408...
BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) returns to Manila on Dec. 9, 2024 following a five-day port visit in Manado, Indonesia. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) safely returned to the country on Monday, Dec. 9, after completing a five-day port visit in...
Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), visits the headquarters of the Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao in Zamboanga City on Dec. 5, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will go on a heightened alert from Dec. 13 to Jan. 6, 2025 in...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) The national government will continue to employ a peaceful and...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has approved the creation of 4,000 new positions for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in 2024 to strengthen its core functions. The additional positions—819 officers and 3,181 non-officers—aim to bolster the PCG's core...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) Tensions flared anew in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) after...
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PA) Navy aircraft flies dangerously close to Filipino fishing vessels in Rozul Reef, West Philippine Sea on Nov. 28, 2024. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed two of its ships to Rozul Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)...
Russian submarine Ufa 490 is detected by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and escorted by the Philippine Navy while transiting the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 28, 2024. (Photo: AFP) (Updated) A Russian diesel-electric attack submarine has been monitored in Occidental Mindoro last week...
Dredger vessel "Harvest 89" is anchored in Mariveles, Bataan on Nov. 26, 2024. The Philippine Coast Guard finds 13 undocumented Chinese crew member and a uniform resembling the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aboard the vessel during an inspection. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
