GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Coast Guard personnel transported back to this city at least 25 Filipino fishermen who were rescued after their fishing boat capsized in the vicinity waters off Papua New Guinea on June 22. Capt. Michelle Ursabia, spokesperson of Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao,...
SAN AGUSTIN, Isabela - The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) DART-Rescue 831 conducted a six-day water search and rescue (WASAR) training for barangay officials here from June 26 to July 1. The training is part of San Agustin’s efforts to safeguard tourists visiting...
SAN ESTEBAN, Ilocos Sur – Two fishermen drifting on the West Philippine Sea were rescued on Sunday morning, July 2. COUNCILOR Marvin Ong (right) with rescued fishermen Armando Mostoles (left) and grandson Melvin Allagao. (Freddie Lazaro) Councilor Marvin Ong here identified them as Armando...
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Police rescued an alleged foreign kidnap victim in San Lorenzo South Subdivision, Barangay Malitlit, this city, on Wednesday morning, May 31. A witness, Carlos Delaro, heard a noise outside his house around 10 a.m. and saw a Chinese woman naked, handcuffed, crawling,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Four persons were rescued from a rampaging river in Sudipen, this province, on Tuesday afternoon, May 30. AMBURAYAN River (Wikipedia) Police identified them as Sudipen residents Mariano Mostoles, 65; Mark Marquez, 29; Domingo Ramos, 47; and Luie Piaoan, 33. Mostoles was...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, May 24, that it was saddened upon learning the reported death of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat that capsized off the Indian Ocean last week. (Photo by whatarethe7continents.com via PCG) Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 capsized last...
CABATUAN, Isabela – A 20-year-old man was rescued by the police here from falling off the Magat Bridge, report said on Saturday, May 13. Cabatuan police chief Police Major Arturo Cachero said in an interview with a local radio station that concerned citizens saw the man standing on the bridge...
TACLOBAN CITY – A nurse-turned-lawyer of the Bureau of Fire Protection was hailed a hero for reviving a five-year-old boy through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after he drowned in a resort in Macrohon, Southern Leyte recently. TAN (Photo via Marie Marticio) Earnswell Pacina Tan was...
Three Filipinos have already been evacuated from Sudan and over a hundred will follow after internal clashes among its troops erupted, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, April 24. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said three female Filipinos already left the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have rescued 85 commercial ferry boat passengers, including five babies, off Maigo, Lanao del Norte, the local PCG station said on Friday, April 21. In a statement, PCG-Maigo Station said passengers aboard MV Filipinas Cebu were rescued...
An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Thursday about receiving calls from Filipinos in Sudan who are requesting rescue and repatriation from the African nation amid the ongoing clashes between its two forces. DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Eduardo Jose de Vega...
ALABAT, Quezon – Four persons were rescued from a boat that capsized in Lamon Bay in Atimonan, Quezon on Easter Sunday. The Alabat police identified them as Godfrey Almojar, 45, boat captain; and boat crew Rolly Onoya, 20, single, and Mark Aron Mafe, 18, single, residents of Barangay 3...