Browsing by Subject "maritime accidents"

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    • 11 rescued from distressed motor boat 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Tempo, July 24, 2023, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 11 passengers from a motor banca that ran aground and eventually sank off Surigao City last Saturday. Motor banca Justin had just departed from a floating resort in Barangay Day-asan ...

    • 13 fishers rescued off Batangas 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Tempo, August 29, 2023, on page 3)
      Thirteen fishermen were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard after their boat sank off Calatagan, Batangas last Sunday. The PCG said fishing vessel Anita DJ II was submerged near the shoreline of Cape Santiago in Barangay ...

    • 13 rescued from distressed boat off Quezon 

      Zoleta, Michelle (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2023, on page 9)
      Thirteen people were rescued after their boat developed engine trouble as it was sailing in the waters off Polillo Island in Quezon province yesterday. The M/B Rheanne Mae was headed to Polillo from Panulukan town when it ...

    • 15 perish, 19 missing after Indonesian wooden boat sinks off Sulawesi coast 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 25, 2023, on page B2)
      At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said. The boat sank with 40 people onboard just after ...

    • 16 passengers of sunken boat rescued 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, October 15, 2022, on page A7)
      A motorized boat carrying 16 passengers encountered engine trouble and started to sink after it was hit by big waves near Rapu-Rapu Island in Albay on Friday morning. LtCol. Maria Luisa Calubaquid, police regional spokesman, ...

    • 172 passengers rescued after fast craft suffers trouble at sea 

      Masculino, Glazyl (DailyGuardian, November 22, 2023, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental has yet to determine the cause of the mechanical trouble that beset M/V Weesam 6 in the waters between Panay and Bacolod yesterday. Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, head of ...

    • 172 passengers rescued from distressed fast craft 

      (Panay News, November 22, 2023, on page 1-15)
      In a successful rescue operation, 172 passengers were saved after a fast craft bound for Iloilo City experienced mechanical failure off the coasts of Panay and Negros islands yesterday afternoon. There were no serious ...

    • 18 rescued from distressed boat 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2023, on page 10)
      A motorized banca carrying 18 people developed engine trouble as it was sailing in the waters off Iloilo over the weekend, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday. The boat had to be towed back to the shore when ...

    • 18 rescued from distressed motorbanca 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2023, on page 3)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 18 individuals from a distressed boat in the vicinity waters between Carles Island and Gigantes Island in Iloilo on Saturday, Jan. 21. An incident report from the PCG said motorbanca ...

    • 2 die as fishing boat capsizes off S. Leyte 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Alexis; Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, December 26, 2022, on page 10)
      Two fishermen were reported dead while six others were rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off Southern Leyte yesterday. Bad weather due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon have been affecting parts of ...

    • 2 Indonesian fishers drifting off Davao Oriental rescued 

      Jubelag, Joseph (Tempo, August 12, 2022, on page 3)
      Local fishermen rescued two Indonesian fishermen drifting off Pujada Bay in Davao Oriental for more than two weeks. Commander Antolin Cayabo, head of the Coast Guard station here, identified the rescued Indonesians as ...

    • 2 Pinoy fishermen rescued by Chinese fishing vessel, PN 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, February 16, 2023, on page 5)
      Two Filipino fishermen who went missing at sea last month have now been reunited with their families after being rescued by a Chinese fishing vessel and the Philippine Navy (PN). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, spokesman ...

    • 23 crew men rescued from capsized boat 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, February 11, 2023, on page A7)
      A cargo ship capsized off Surigao del Norte province in southern Philippines on Friday and its 23 crew members were rescued by a passing boat, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard, quoting Robert Espino, the captain ...

    • 23 crew rescued from capsized ship in Surigao 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2023, on page 5)
      A cargo ship carrying 23 crew capsized in the sea of Surigao del Norte on Friday morning, Feb. 10, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. LCT Pacifica 1 was traversing the sea between Hinatuan Island and Bucas Grande ...

    • 3 Pinoy fishers die in Bajo de Masinloc boat accident 

      Sadongdong, Martin; Unite, Betheena (Tempo, October 5, 2023, on page 1-2)
      Three Filipino fishermen died when an unidentified foreign vessel accidentally struck their boat off Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Wednesday, Oct. 4. Filipino ...

    • 4 missing as dive boat sinks off reef 

      Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, May 1, 2023, on page A2)
      Rescuers were searching for four people Sunday after a boat carrying more than a dozen scuba divers sank at a World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary in the Philippines, authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard said 28 ...

    • 4 missing Pangasinan fishermen rescued 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, November 17, 2023, on page A7)
      The four fishermen from this town, who were earlier reported as missing, have been rescued by fellow fishermen in the waters off Candelaria town in Zambales province at around noon on Thursday, November 16, an official of ...

    • 4 rescued from cargo boat in Quezon 

      Estacio, Danny (Manila Bulletin, February 21, 2023, on page 6)
      A cargo boat loaded with empty Liquefied Petroleum Gas tanks sank after it was struck by strong waves in Lamon Bay in Barangay Cagbalugo here on Monday morning, Feb. 20. The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO)-Public ...

    • 5 fishermen dead as bad weather lingers over Bicol 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, January 20, 2023, on page A8)
      Bad weather has claimed the lives of five fishermen here, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Thursday.Gremil Naz, OCD regional spokesman, said two other fishermen were missing. He added that the fatalities were from ...

    • 6 bodies from Samar boat blast retrieved 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, August 28, 2022, on page B14)
      Retrieval teams found four more human remains off Tarangnan waters in Samar bringing to six the total number of dead bodies from the boat that exploded during a recent sea encounter between government troops and a group ...