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Cargo vessel, boat collide in Manila
A cargo vessel and a foreign utility boat figured in a collision at the Manila South Harbor yesterday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The incident left M/V Palawan Pearl, which carried 3,000 liters of diesel ...
- July 9, 2021
Foreign vessel catches fire near Recto Bank
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday helped rescue 25 crewmembers of a vehicle carrier vessel that caught fire near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. PCG spokesman Capt. Armand Balilo said they immediately sent ...
- June 18, 2019
Helping coral reefs with beads of faith
In what could be the first of its kind in the world, a 65-meter-long artificial reef shaped like a rosary was dropped into the Albay Gulf off the coastal town of Sto. Domingo in Albay. The structure symbolizes the “Our ...
- August 8, 2013
Boat sinks off Albay; 16 passengers, crew saved
A motor banca sank off Rapu-Rapu, Albay on Friday, Oct. 14, but the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) came just in time to rescue all 15 passengers and one boat crew onboard. Motor banca “Rocenz 3” was traversing the vicinity ...
- October 16, 2022
240 Chinese ships swarm in West PH Sea
China should pull out its over 240 ships lingering in the West Philippine Sea and respect the country’s sovereignty, a government task force in charge of looking after the area said Tuesday night. According to the National ...
- April 15, 2021
Bolinao asks vessel owners to stop spill
The town government of Bolinao, Pangasinan, has asked the owners of the sunken ship, MV Harita Bauxite, to immediately stop the vessel's oil from spilling into the West Philippine Sea to prevent further damaging coastal ...
- March 14, 2013
Dead butanding recovered in Navotas
The carcass of a whale shark, locally known as “butanding,” washed ashore near the Navotas Fish Port Complex before dawn yesterday. The whale shark was at least 15 feet long and weighed more than 3,000 kilos, according to ...
- August 18, 2018
Phl warns China vs human waste dumping in WPS
China can expect “harsh words” if the report about its supposed dumping of human waste in the West Philippine Sea is true, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque maintained that the government has ...
- July 16, 2021
Fishermen 'floated for over an hour' before PCG rescue
Five fishermen whose boat capsized in the waters of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras have been rescued. But they had been floating in the sea for over an hour before Philippine Coast Guard officers – luckily – found them, an agency ...
- December 22, 2018
Navy stops Panatag patrol: National security adviser says decision meant to ease tension in disputed waters
The Navy has stopped sending patrols to the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to ease tension with China, the national security adviser, Hermogenes Esperon Jr., said here last week. “We do not send Navy ships to the area anymore. ...
- November 14, 2017