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Coast Guard buying P12-b patrol boats
The chairman of a House committee has endorsed the Philippine Coast Guard’s plan to acquire two additional French-made high-endurance offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) at an estimated cost of P11.2 billion. “The two 84-meter ...
- August 23, 2021
Bagac sea mishap leaves 4 dead, 1 missing, 45 rescued
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) substation in Morong, Bataan on Sunday reported that four fisherfolk died, one missing, and 45 were rescued when the fishers' boat capsized due to strong waves while fishing along the ...
- June 27, 2022
7 dead, 120 rescued in ferry fire off Quezon
Seven people were killed, while three others were in critical condition after a fit engulfed a fastcraft vessel off Real, Quezon Monday morning, May 23, 2022, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The fire rapidly spread ...
- May 24, 2022
Duterte forms body to expedite Bay rehab
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force to speed up the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. Administrative Order 16, signed by Duterte on February 19, takes effect immediately. “The ...
- February 22, 2019
Ship sinks off Luzon, oil spill threatens area
The Office of Civil Defense on Monday confirmed the reported oil spill in Bolinao, Pangasinan, coming from a Myanmar ship that sank there Sunday afternoon, killing a Burmese crewman, hurting seven and causing 14 others to ...
- February 19, 2013
PCG tows beached landing craft in Coron
A landing craft tank that ran aground off Coron Island in Palawan on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 14, was finally towed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). LCT Lady Alina was maneuvered away from the shallow waters and ...
- September 16, 2023
Blasted Fish
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local officials apprehended on June 29 five fishermen on board two bancas who were using a homemade explosive locally known as Bigas-bigas at vicinity waters off Lamit Bay and Simaron ...
- July 2, 2018
Boat sinks after collision with cargo ship; 14 missing
A local fishing boat carrying 14 fishermen, including its captain, capsized off Tayamaan, Mamburao in Occidental Mindoro after it figured in a collision with a Hong Kong-registered cargo vessel Sunday, the Philippine Coast ...
- June 30, 2020
3 Pinoy fishers die in Bajo de Masinloc boat accident
Three Filipino fishermen died when an unidentified foreign vessel accidentally struck their boat off Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Wednesday, Oct. 4. Filipino ...
- October 5, 2023
DENR: Manila Bay swimmable by December
It may not end up like the turquoise waters of Boracay or El Nido, but the hyperpolluted Manila Bay would at least be swimmable after a major rehab by the end of the year, officials promised on Saturday. An interagency ...
- January 13, 2019