Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "marine accidents"
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IMO head attends meet herein shipping security and marine pollution
(Manila Bulletin,April 24, 2015 , on page B-4)The head of the United Nations' special agency responsible for maintaining safety and security in shipping are prevention of marine pollution in town for an international conference addressing safety issues on passenger ... -
‘Inday’ to bring more rains, flood: 24 Luzon, Visayas provinces placed under general flood advisory
(Manila Bulletin,July 19, 2018 , on page 1-4)With the forecast, a general flood advisory has been issued over several areas in Luzon and in the Visayas as threats of flooding remain high. Meanwhile, a fisherman in Batangas went missing as several parts of the country ... -
La Union fisherman missing in stormy sea
(Manila Bulletin,July 27, 2017 , on page 13)Rescue teams as of Wednesday afternoon were still searching for a fisherman who went missing at dawn Tuesday off the coast of this city amid rough weather conditions. The missing fisherman was identified as Rodolfo Padilla, ... -
Legal action poised vs oil spill perpetrator, contractor
(Manila Bulletin,April 25, 2014 , on page 21)The Iloilo provincial government is a step closer to filing criminal and civil charges against those responsible for the oil spill that affected the town of Estancia town, in northern Iloilo. The Iloilo Provincial Board ... -
Mayor orders probe into marine damage caused by grounded ship
(Manila Bulletin,January 26, 2014 , on page 15)A month after a cargo vessel ran aground in a coral reef in the coast of Barangay Lingsat, this city, authorities will begin an investigation into the likely environmental damage caused by the ship. San Fernando City Mayor ... -
Miriam: US must pay Tubbataha
(Manila Bulletin,February 14, 2013 , on page 3)The United States government is responsible for the destruction of parts of the Tubbataha Reef near Palawan and is therefore obligated to make reparations for such destruction. Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, an international ... -
Oil spill
(Manila Bulletin,January 23, 2014 , on page 4)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday that the oil spill believed to have come from the sunken M/V Sportivo reached Jordan town in Guimaras. Commodore Athelo Ybañez, commander of the PCG Western Visayas district, ... -
Oil spill hampering retrieval operations
(Manila Bulletin,August 23, 2013 , on page 1-13)The retrieval operations for the remaining passengers of the ill-fated M/V St. Thomas Aquinas off Talisay City in Cebu is getting more the sunken vessel is affecting the breathing apparatus of the divers. But Lt. Jim Alagao, ... -
Oil-spill containment drill held
(Manila Bulletin,August 9, 2015 , on page 25)Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) - Southeastern Mindanao led Friday's oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test and evaluate its oil ... -
Perez fisherman missing at sea
(Manila Bulletin,October 31, 2018 , on page 14)One of three fishermen went missing in waters off this town after their boat capsized Monday morning. Police said Joey A. Leynes, 66; Jerick Marana Aumentado, 42; and Bernie D. Empenio, 42, all from Barangay Pagkakaisa, ... -
PH exclusive economic zone open to Chinses fishermen - Duterte
(Manila Bulletin,June 26, 2019 , on page 1-9)The Philippine government is inclined to “tolerate” the fishing of Chinese vessels in the country’s territorial waters and does not consider such gesture as treason. President Duterte has invoked the country’s friendly ... -
Philippine Navy welcomes Tubbataha report
(Manila Bulletin,June 24, 2013 , on page 14)The Philippine Navy (PN) welcomes the release to the public of the US Navy (USN) report on the results of its investigation into the January 17 grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian on Tubbataha Reef. "The release of ... -
Possible coal, oil spill in Antique to be checked
(Manila Bulletin,January 7, 2015 , on page 8)A team from the Environmental Management Bureau in Western Visayas ( EMB- 6), which is under the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) has been sent to Antique to check on any ... -
Salvage effort under way for sunken submarine with 53 on board
(Manila Bulletin,April 26, 2021 , on page 4)The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew turned into a salvage effort Sunday after recovered debris suggested it broke apart as it sank off the coast of Bali. Warships, planes and hundreds of military ... -
Sea dispute threatens food security
(Manila Bulletin,April 28, 2015 , on page 4)The escalating territorial dispute between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea will eventually have an impact on food security, Undersecretary Jonas Leones of the Department of Environment and Natural ... -
Ship aground at Bohol reef; 67 rescued
(Manila Bulletin,October 10, 2018 , on page 10)Sixty-seven people were rescued from a ship that ran aground at Danajon Reef in Bohol before dawn Tuesday. The M/V South Pacific left Bato, Leyte, 9 p.m. Monday for Cebu City when it hit the reef at past 1 a.m. An initial ... -
Survivor forgives PCG a year after Guimaras-Iloilo sea tragedy
(Manila Bulletin,August 4, 2020 , on page 8)A year after 31 people died when three passenger boats capsized along the waters separating the island province of Guimaras and Iloilo City, a survivor of the sea tragedy has forgiven the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for ... -
Ten missing after migrant boat capsizes off Indonesia
(Manila Bulletin,January 24, 2020 , on page 4)Ten people were missing after a boat carrying 20 migrant workers capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a search and rescue official said Thursday. The wooden vessel, which was bound for neighboring Malaysia, ... -
Tubbataha tourism picks up 2 years after US ship runs aground
(Manila Bulletin,February 20, 2015 , on page 14)two years after a United States warship got stranded in the Tubbataha Reef, the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) said the number of tourists visiting the World Heritage site have began to pick up. PSSCD ... -
Tubbataha update
(Manila Bulletin,March 4, 2013 , on page 6)The head task Force Tubbataha said the March 23 target of the salvage personnel hired by U.S. government to dismantle the USS Guardian and remove it from the Tubbataha Reef is feasible. "They (salvors) works fast and very ...