BUGUEY, Cagayan – A stranded juvenile Dolphin (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin) was rescued by a local fisherman along the shoreline in this municipality at dawn of Sept. 20. Photo via Liezle Inigo Randy Lunato, 45, who was about to go on fishing, spotted the Dolphin half-buried in the sand and was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty-two guests, including an infant, stranded by a heavy downpour on Sta. Cruz Island here were rescued by the Zamboanga City government and Coast Guard personnel Sunday, August 7. FORTY-two stranded guests at Sta. Cruz Island were brought back to Zamboanga City by a...
SYLHET, Bangladesh -- Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said Saturday. People prepare to get of a boat after being evacuated from a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfalls on...
More than 9,000 individuals were still stranded in various ports nationwide despite the improving weather condition in parts of Bicol (Region 5) and Northeastern Mindanao, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Tuesday, April 12. Passengers at the Batangas Port in Batangas province wait for...
TACLOBAN CITY - Twenty-five stranded local tourists were rescued by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the Municipal Emergency Response Unit of Merida, Leyte amid the heavy downpour brought by Tropical Storm 'Agaton' Sunday, April 10. Photo by Merida MDRRMO As 'Agaton'...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) aided more than 200 locally-stranded individuals (LSI) at the Manila North Port, the organization said on Friday, Jan. 21. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Richard Gordon deployed a food truck to provide...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade reiterated that passengers going home to their provinces are not covered by the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy as "returning home" is considered essential travel. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY) This, after Tugade received...
More than 150 stranded overseas Filipinos were able to return home from Bahrain over the holidays, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain/DFA) According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain facilitated the return of...
Filipinos who have been stranded in South Africa, were told to keep calm and reach out to the Philippine Embassy there amid the imposition of travel bans due to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Embassy in...
Close to 60 stranded overseas Filipinos in the Kingdom of Bahrain were recently sent back home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Five wards of the shelter of the Philippine Embassy in the foreign country, 10 Filipino detainees, and a...
After more than two months, Filipino fishermen stranded in Fiji have finally returned home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Nov. 17. FINALLY, HOME -- Filipino fishermen stranded in Fiji for over two months are finally home. They arrived in the Philippines on Nov. 5, 2021....
0929 5J 27 Cebu Pacific (CEB) operated two more Bayanihan flights for the month of September to repatriate overseas Filipinos stranded in the Middle East. The airline's latest Bayanihan flight this week brought home 346 Filipinos from Dubai. Since July, CEB transported over 4,600 Filipinos from...
