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No Pinoy survivors from capsized Chinese vessel
Efforts to rescue five Filipino crew members of the Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 which capsized off the Indian Ocean last week have yielded negative results, the Philippine Coast Guard has announced. The ...
- May 25, 2023
US air assets in EDCA sites used in Tubbataha rescue
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday announced its utilization of United States air assets from two sites of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) to help in the search and rescue (SAR) operations ...
- May 3, 2023
Aid to oil spill victims reaches P1 B
Nearly P1 billion in cash and other assistance have been provided to 40,733 families affected by the oil spill from the sunken tanker Princess Empress. Raffy Alejandro, spokesperson for the Office of Civil Defense, said ...
- May 12, 2023
Mindoro oil spill cleanup continues
Two months after the tanker Princess Empress sank, oil spill cleanup in the waters off Oriental Mindoro continues, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Marine science technicians tested absorbent pads made from ...
- May 4, 2023
Philippines says it spotted 50 Chinese ships within EEZ in South China Sea
The Philippine military on Tuesday said it had spotted about 50 Chinese vessels within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, many of them surrounding the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Five Coast ...
- March 13, 2024
PCG, Japanese ship begin 'bagging' oil from sunken tanker
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the crew of the Shin Nichi Maru, a Japanese dynamic positioning vessel, have begun “bagging” operations to seal off leaks from tanker MT Princess Empress, more than a month after it ...
- April 5, 2023
400,000 liters of oil still leaking from Empress
One month after the motor tanker Princess Empress sank in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, the vessel is still leaking around 400,000 liters of industrial fuel. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Rear Admiral ...
- March 29, 2023
BFAR: Keep fishing ban in 6 Mindoro towns
The fishing ban being implemented in six towns in Oriental Mindoro following an oil spill from the sunken tanker Princess Empress should be retained, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The ...
- May 24, 2023
PCG gets ₱250-M training facility from US gov't
The United States has turned over to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) a P250-million facility in Bulacan province that will help enhance its capability to address maritime challenges by training its personnel on navigation, ...
- September 13, 2023
Survivor bares details of deadly Bajo de Masinloc ramming incident
A Filipino fisherman who survived after their boat was rammed by a suspected commercial vessel near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) last Oct. 2 revealed the chronology of the incident, from the moment they ...
- October 7, 2023