CEBU CITY – Authorities launched a search and retrieval operation after a 21-year-old man went missing while spear fishing off Santander town, southern Cebu. As of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local disaster risk reduction and management...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard at the Port of Zamboanga rescued four fishermen after their motor boat capsized in the sea of Barangay Tumalutab here on Thursday, December 14. Coast Guard personnel, together with two motor bancas, Jastin and Haima, launched search and rescue...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Philippine Air Force has deployed troops to locate the missing female passenger of a Piper light aircraft that crashed on Bonifacio Day, November 30, in San Mariano, this province. THE Philippine Air Force has deployed a team to locate the passenger of a downed...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The search continues for an aircraft reported missing on November 30 in this province. THE missing plane in Isabela. (Photo from Pinoy Aviators FB) The Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said a ground search is under way in San...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog temporarily suspended on All Souls’ Day the search for a 26-year-old man who jumped off a ship on the sea of Calatagan, Batangas, on Monday, October 31. The PCG-Southern Tagalog said the search for Iloilo City resident Ralph...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Five persons were killed in a landslide in Sitio Angelo, Barangay Umiray, this town, on Tuesday night, October 24. RESCUERS conduct retrieval operations for landslide victims in General Nakar, Quezon on Wednesday, October 25. According to Mayor Eliseo Ruzol here, the...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P204,000 during the implementation of a search warrant on Sunday, October 15, in Barangay Afga, Sibagat, Agusan del Sur. PRO-13 Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said on Tuesday,...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested an 18-year-old suspected drug pusher in a search warrant operation in Barangay Punta, Nasipit, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday, October 11. Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft identified the suspect as alias...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A barangay kagawad (councilor) running for chairman in the barangay elections was arrested after a search warrant operation in his house here on Friday, October 6, yielded suspected shabu and marijuana. Police identified the suspect as Windel Tamayo, 38, of Barangay 4,...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Adm. Artemio Abu renders a salute during the wake of Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Ponciano Nisperos Jr. in San Fernando City, Pampanga on Sept. 8, 2023. Nisperos drowned while in the middle of a search and rescue (SAR) operation in Tubao, La Union on...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) detained a passenger boat after a man jumped overboard while the vessel was transiting the Iloilo Gulf last week. BOAT crew attempts to rescue a man who jumped overboard from the Shady Slezh 2 on Friday, August 4. (Ylamme Grey/Facebook) ...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) has mobilized 350 search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams to help communities affected by typhoon “Egay.” The Nolcom deployed 1,992 highly trained SRR personnel, 813 Civilian Active Auxiliary, and 197 reservists in...
