CEBU CITY – A group of students was rescued after the motor banca they were riding stalled off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Eighteen students from the University of Cebu (UC)-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue Campus contracted the motor banca for island-hopping on Easter Sunday. A GROUP of students is...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato – Two miners died and another was injured after they were trapped inside a mining tunnel which collapsed in the gold-rush area of T’boli, South Cotabato on Monday, April 3. Police identified the fatalities as Vincent Allega, 24, and Erwin Sawan, 27, while the...
Around 20 personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Lal-lo in Cagayan underwent a three-day water search and rescue (WASAR) training. The Cagayan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDDRMO) said they were taught basic rope rescue, high...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Three minors who were forced to work as bar attendants were rescued while two suspects were arrested by authorities in Angeles City, report said on Saturday, March 25. Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 identified the two suspects as Rodelyn Caleloria Reyes, 45, and...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The wreckage of the Cessna plane missing since Jan. 24 in Isabela was found on Thursday, March 9, in Barangay Ditarum, Divilacan, but there were no survivors, the Incident Management Team (IMT) confirmed. The Army identified the fatalities as pilot Capt. Eleazar Mark...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrived at the command center in Barangay Anoling in Camalig, Albay on Wednesday night, March 1. THE remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrive at the Forest Ranger Station in Barangay Anoling, Camalig, Albay on Wednesday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Bad weather and the steep and slippery terrain of the slope of Mayon Volcano hampered the transportation of the bodies of the four crew and passengers of the ill-fated Cessna plane that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano last week. RESPONDERS carry the retrieved bodies...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The provincial government of Albay is still thoroughly conducting search and rescue operation to locate the four passengers of the Cessna 340 aircraft which was reported missing on Saturday, Feb. 18, and found on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the crash site near Mayon Volcano in...
CORDOVILLA (Nino Luces) CAMALIG, Albay – Sixteen veteran mountaineers are on standby to climb Mayon Volcano and look for the four people onboard the Cessna plane owned by Energy Development Corp. (EDC) that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano over the weekend. George Cordovilla, team...
RESCUERS struggle to reach the wreckage of the missing Cessna plane in Camalig, Albay after it was located on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19. (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda FB) CAMALIG, Albay – Rescuers struggled to reach the slopes of Mayon Volcano after the wreckage of the missing Cessna 340 plane was...
