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    • Coast Guard buying P12-b patrol boats 

      (Manila Standard, August 23, 2021, on page A3)
      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 ...

    • Coast Guard confirms oil spill from ferry 

      Freeman News (The Philippine Star, August 19, 2013, on page 10)
      While many passengers have yet to be retrieved from the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, another growing concern is the oil spill which the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed to have spread after the ship sank at Lawis Ledge ...

    • Coast Guard confirms Sino water attack on PH fishermen 

      Esplanada, Jerry E.; Avendaño, Christine O.; Balana, Cynthia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2015, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard has "verified and confirmed" that a Chinese vessel fired a water cannon to drive away Filipino fishermen from Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) off Zambales province on April 9, Malacañang said ...

    • Coast Guard continues search for missing boat passengers 

      Celino, Felipe V. (DailyGuardian, September 11, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Sub-Stations in Banica, Roxas City and in Carles, Iloilo and Masbate province are jointly conducting search and rescue operations for the three missing persons after their motor banca ...

    • 'Coast Guard didn't act fast enough' 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, February 22, 2014, on page 1-14)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) failed to control the spread of bunker fuel in Estancia, Iloilo during the first two weeks of the oil spill, according to Karl Ignatius Young, president of Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc., ...

    • Coast Guard duty: interdict Chinese militia, escort Filipinos 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2021, on page 7)
      It’s time to interdict Chinese poachers in the Philippines’ western exclusive economic zone. About 240 trawlers are pillaging Pagkakaisa (Union) Bank and Kalayaan Islands municipality of Palawan. Millions of kilos of ...

    • Coast Guard enhances readiness for search and rescue, marine pollution 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, October 21, 2022, on page 4-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District Western Visayas highlighted the significance of the stakeholders and government agencies in search and rescue (SAR) operations. PCG northern Negros conducted exercises on marine ...

    • Coast Guard finds debris of sunken boat in Palawan waters 

      Miranda, Romar; Santos, Tina G.; Semilla, Nestle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2022, on page A5)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already tracked the possible location of the sunken fishing vessel that collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the waters near Maracanao Island in Agutaya town, Palawan province, ...

    • Coast Guard insists dredger is Chinese 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2021, on page A9)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday insisted that the dredger seized last week because of its “illegal and unauthorized presence” in Philippine waters is a Chinese company-owned vessel. “Upon verification, the PCG ...

    • Coast Guard intercepts Bantayan residents 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, May 8, 2020, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental intercepted three residents of Bantayan, Cebu at Vito port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental last Tuesday. Commander Jansen Benjamin, PCG-Negros Occidental head, said they ...

    • Coast guard leads mangrove planting in Cavite 

      Abrina, Dennis (The Manila Times, October 13, 2021, on page A8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) celebrated its 120th founding anniversary with a mangrove planting initiative at the mangrove protected area in Barangay San Rafael 4 on October 10, Sunday, with the local Environment and ...

    • Coast Guard men deploy to keep an eye on Panatag 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Binaday, Gabrielle H. (Manila Standard, November 4, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said Thursday the Philippine Coast Guard will resume patrols around Scarborough Shoal, testing the waters even as its Chinese counterparts maintained a steady presence there. Tugade ...

    • Coast Guard off to Panatag 

      Nilles, Giovanni; Macairan, Evelyn; Laude, Jaime; Sison, Bebot Jr.; Lee-Brago, Pia; Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, November 4, 2016, on page 1-8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed sending patrol vessels to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only to “test the waters” and not to confront the Chinese who have stopped harassing Filipino fishermen but remained ...

    • Coast Guard seizes Chinese dredger for illegal entry 

      Ramos, Marlon; Refraccion, Greg; Aglibot, Joanna Rose; Visaya, Villamor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 30, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized a Chinese dredger for “illegal and unauthorized presence” in Philippine waters more than a year after it was cleared to leave the country, the Coast ...

    • Coast Guard sues cargo ship crew for fatal sea mishap 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, October 1, 2020, on page 2-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District Southern Visayas led by Captain Eduardo De Luna filed a criminal case for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and damage to property against the crew members of Philippine-registered ...

    • Coast Guard sues firm for negligence over oil spill in Iloilo 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2020, on page A6)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has filed a criminal complaint against the operator of a damaged power barge that spilled thousands of liters of bunker fuel into the waters of Iloilo and Guimaras Island. In a complaint ...

    • Coast guard to conduct patrols in Phl Rise 

      Mendez, Christina; Zoleta, Michelle; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will send a patrol vessel to the Philippine Rise to keep intruders at bay, in compliance with President Duterte’s order that unauthorized foreign vessels be barred from the 13-million- ...

    • Coast Guard to finish oil spill recovery process by July 12 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 8, 2020, on page 1-11)
      Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station has set July 10, or at most July 12, 2020, to finish the recovery process of the oil spill that leaked out of Power Barge 102. Lieutenant ...

    • Coast Guard to plant 60,000 mangroves 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, May 17, 2010, on page 9)
      As part of its contribution to help preserve the sustainability of the marine environment, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) started its two-week long planting of mangroves in more sensitive coastlines. The planting of ...

    • Coast guard to revise sea lanes to protect Tubbataha 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Daily Guardian, October 12, 2017, on page B6)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will propose alternate sea lanes to prevent vessels from passing near Tubbataha Reef in Palawan and spare it from possible marine pollution. Ships might soon be barred from passing near the ...