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SBMA, PCG probe waste dumping
Glenn Defense Marine Philippines, a shipping firm inside this premier Freeport, has allegedly violated environmental regulations after admitting it dumped domestic waste water in Subic Bay, authorities said yesterday. A ...
- October 20, 2012
Motorboat capsizes in Caluya; cop missing
A motorboat bound for the island municipality of Caluya, Antique capsized at around 11:20 a.m. yesterday. Two policemen and two personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were injured and hospitalized – Police Staff ...
- May 9, 2020
Pangasinan expands search for 7 fishermen
The fishing community here has joined the search and rescue efforts of the Philippine Coast Guard for seven fishermen who have been missing since Jan. 13. Chief Master Sergeant Ruben Mayrina, head of the maritime police ...
- January 25, 2020
Guimaras vulnerable to disasters – OCD
The island province of Guimaras is vulnerable to disasters because it is surrounded by waters, according to Director Jose Roberto Nuñez of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6. “We have to protect and see to it that ...
- July 17, 2020
Oil spill spreads to Iloilo, Guimaras coastal towns
The oil spill from a damaged power barge in this city have spread to coastal towns of Iloilo province and the island province of Guimaras. “It is spreading,” said Donna Magno, director of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk ...
- July 6, 2020
4 fishermen rescued off Cebu
Four fishermen were rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)said yesterday. Eric Campo, 45; Hoven Gasalatan, 33; Jonas Padillo, 28, and Jaypee Gasalatan, 21, all of Tanke, ...
- October 28, 2019
Big time cleanup
Employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-PENRO)-Antique give their strong support to the recent cleanup of Bagumbayan Creek which traverses three ...
- January 29, 2019
US throws in more money to 'soften' Tubbataha damage
The United States yesterday committed to giving P4.1 million to support coral restoration efforts of the Philippine government following the January 17 grounding of the USS Guardian minesweeper at the Tubbataha Reef off ...
- February 4, 2013
City drops oil spill suit
Early this week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced that “I am satisfied” with the AC Energy Philippines (ACEPh) response to the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Bo. Obrero following an explosion that ...
- July 23, 2020
Bacolod Bredco port bans fishing boats
Small fishing boats will no longer be allowed at the Bredco (Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp.) port. Buoys will mark the "no fishing and no sailing zones" at the port, said Lieutenant Commander Ramil Palabrica, head ...
- June 10, 2016