Browsing by Subject "groundings"

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    • 2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today 

      Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, February 16, 2013, on page A2)
      The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ...

    • Australia blames firms for slow response to Solomons oil spill 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2019, on page 5)
      Australia expressed alarm Friday at the slow response from firms linked to a grounded cargo ship that has for weeks been leaking oil into a World Heritage-listed coral atoll in the Solomon Islands. MV Solomon Trader ran ...

    • Bigger crane ship in Tubbataha today 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2013, on page A4)
      The second, bigger crane ship that would help remove portions of the USS Guardian, which remains stuck in Tubbataha Reefs in Palawan, is expected to arrive at the site on Saturday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • Crew fined for entering restricted reef area 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2010, on page A-26)
      Australian authorities signaled their seriousness about protecting the Great Barrier Reef with a court issuing fines Friday for a ship that entered a restricted area a day after a coal carrier ran aground and tore a huge ...

    • Cruise ship runs aground in Sulu sea 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, January 15, 2019, on page A7)
      A cruise ship ran aground in the Sulu Sea after hitting a coral bed about 15 nautical miles off Cagayancillo Island near Palawan province, the Maritime Bulletin reported on Monday. It said MV Forever Lucky was sailing to ...

    • 'Drink coffee, stay awake near Tubbataha' 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 15, 2013, on page 3)
      Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena advised yesterday the officers and crew of two ships participating in a maritime exercise in Indonesia to drink coffee and stay awake when passing through ...

    • Healers of Tubbataha 

      (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2013, on page 2)
      Convict Surgeonfish swim around Tubbataha Reef's South Atoll, which was damaged by ship grounding this year. In celebration of World Oceans Day today, the Worlds Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines released this photo to show ...

    • Lowly ‘labahita’ may yet help heal Tubbataha atolls 

      Yap, Dj (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2013, on page A1-A20)
      They aren’t the most beautiful fish in the sea, but the labahita may just be what the Tubbataha Reefs need to regenerate after being bruised by the intrusions of two foreign vessels earlier this year. With the presence of ...

    • Marine sanctuary safe after ship grounding 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 1, 2020, on page A8)
      Volunteer divers and marine conservationists heaved a sigh of relief after noting minimal damage at Batalang Bato marine sanctuary in Tingloy town, Batangas province, where a cargo ship ran aground the shallow reef last ...

    • Mayor orders probe into marine damage caused by grounded ship 

      Iñigo, Leizle B.; Beleo, Erwin G. (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 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (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 ...

    • Philippine Navy welcomes Tubbataha report 

      Aben, Elena L. (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 ...

    • Plans for new Tubbataha ranger station unveiled 

      (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2013, on page B-4)
      Legendary hereos need great hideouts- Batman had his Batcave, Darth Vader had two Death Stars and Voltes V had Camp Big Falcon. For the dedicated rangers standing vigil over the Philippines' top coral reef, home sweet home ...

    • Salvage ops on US ship starts today 

      Depasupil, William B. (The Manila Times, February 18, 2013, on page A7)
      After over a month of preparations, the long- delayed actual salvage operation for the minesweeper USS Adventure, which got stuck at the Tubbataha Reef, will finally push through, according to a Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • Salvage ship prepares to work 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, February 19, 2013, on page B2)
      Crane ship Jacson 25 is expected to be back at the Tubbataha Reef this morning after loading in Puerto Princesa City equipment and personnel needed for salvage operations for the grounded USS Guardian, said Commodore Enrico ...

    • Ship aground at Bohol reef; 67 rescued 

      Cordova, Calvin D. (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 ...

    • Ship runs aground, damages coral reefs 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2010, on page A8)
      A cargo ship ran aground and damaged a large group of coral reefs in the waters off Barangay Poblacion 4, Calatagan, Batangas, on Sunday morning. Jessie delos Reyes, Bantay-Dagat head of Calatagan and Conserve and Protect ...

    • Stricken US Navy ship a total loss 

      Yap, DJ; Esplanada, Jerry (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2013, on page A1-A20)
      The US Navy plans to dismantle a minesweeper that ran aground at the protected Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea because the ship is a complete loss and because removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ...

    • TPAMB oks Tubbataha salvage operations 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, February 7, 2013, on page 3)
      Crane ship Borneo has finally been given the go signal to drop anchor on protected Tubbataha Reef and start operations to extract damaged U.S. naval vessel, USS Guardian from the area. Said extraction plans were given the ...

    • Trump Jr. tweets on Tubbataha rile PH netizens 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2013, on page A20)
      The remarks of American businessman Donald Trump Jr. criticizing a US Navy plan to dismantle its minesweeper that is stuck at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea has sparked outrage among netizens and prompted a militant ...