Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "marine accidents"
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12 bodies found after South China Sea typhoon shipwreck
(Manila Standard,July 5, 2022 , on page B2)Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left more than two dozen crew members missing, Chinese authorities said Monday. The announcement came days after an engineering ... -
14 missing in sea collision off Occ. Mindoro
(Manila Standard,June 30, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Rescuers were searching Monday for 14 people missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Chinese cargo ship about 15 miles from Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro, authorities said. The boats crashed early Sunday, ... -
28 fishermen in El Nido waters
(Manila Standard,August 4, 2018 , on page A6)A coastal patrol boat of the Philippine Navy on Thursday rescued 28 fishermen from their sinking boat, some 35 miles northeast of El Nido municipality in northern Palawan. Capt. Cherryl Tindog, chief of the Public Affairs ... -
2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today
(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 ... -
39 Filipinos in sunken cattle ship off Japan
(Manila Standard,September 4, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Japanese coast guard rescuers searched Thursday for the remaining 42 crew, including 39 Filipinos, of a ship believed to have sunk in a typhoon, after a lone survivor was found bobbing in a lifejacket. The 11,947-ton Gulf ... -
5 killed, 2 missing in boat mishaps off Bohol, Bataan
(Manila Standard,June 27, 2022 , on page A1-A2)At least five people were killed in two separate maritime incidents, authorities said on Sunday. A passenger was killed while another remained missing after a fire engulfed the m/v Mama Mary Chloe, which was carrying 157 ... -
7 died, 127 saved in ferry fire off Real, Quezon
(Manila Standard,May 24, 2022 , on page A1-A2)At least seven people, including two senior citizens, were killed as scores were plucked to safety after a fire ripped through a ferry and forced passengers to jump overboard off the waters of Real in Quezon province on ... -
7 missing in sea collision off Palawan
(Manila Standard,May 30, 2022 , on page A1-A2)Rescuers searched waters off the Philippines on Sunday for seven people missing after a collision between a fishing boat and a cargo ship, authorities said. The Philippine fishing vessel and Marshall Islands-flagged MV ... -
Aid to fishermen
(Manila Standard,June 29, 2019 , on page A3)Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong (left), president of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, hands a replica check for P250,000 to some of the 22 fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel ... -
Captain frets over Rody's quip
(Manila Standard,June 19, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The captain of the Philippine fishing boat that was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank said Tuesday he was saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of the incident as “a little maritime accident.” ... -
CG reports no survivors found in sea collision
(Manila Standard,July 1, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Coast Guard authorities have seen no signs of life in the search for 14 people who went missing during a collision last weekend between a fishing boat and a Hong Kong cargo vessel off Occidental Mindoro south of Manila. ... -
China seeks closure to boat-ramming incident
(Manila Standard,July 3, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Beijing wants to put the issues involving the Recto Bank incident to rest due to its effects on the friendly relations between Philippines and China, Malacañang said Tuesday. In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Spokesman ... -
China ship conks out near tubbataha reef
(Manila Standard,March 6, 2013 , on page A3)The Coast Guard has dispatched its search-and- rescue ship to help the crew members of a Chinese vessel whose engine quit southwest of the Tubbataha Reef, an official said Tuesday. The BRP Pampanga was deployed to help the ... -
A cut above the rest
(Manila Standard,June 18, 2019 , on page A4-A5)No matter how the Chinese Embassy and Beijing try to downplay the ramming of a Filipino fishing vessel by saying that it was an ordinary maritime incident, from the looks of it and upon the testimony of the 21 crew members, ... -
Facts, and versions of them
(Manila Standard,June 18, 2019 , on page A4)The President is waiting for all facts to come in before commenting on the incident involving Chinese and Filipino vessels in Reed Bank on June 9. This supposedly explains his long silence on the issue, amid different ... -
Filipino dies in oil tanker fire; only 2 survive cattle ship sinking
(Manila Standard,September 5, 2020 , on page A1-A2)A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday as authorities confirmed a Filipino crew member was killed in an explosion and fears grew of a major new oil spill in the ... -
Japan stops rescue amid 'violent' storm
(Manila Standard,September 6, 2020 , on page A2)Japanese authorities on Saturday temporarily suspended their search for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, as waves and strong wind caused by an approaching storm hampered the operation. ... -
Over 100 dead or missing after vessel capsizes
(Manila Standard,October 10, 2021 , on page 3A)More than 100 people are believed dead or missing in the sinking of a makeshift vessel on the Congo river, provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday. Fifty-one bodies had been recovered by ... -
Rody demands sanction vs. Chinese trawler crew
(Manila Standard,August 31, 2019 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte told Chinese leader Xi Jinping he wanted the crew of the Chinese trawler that hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat on June 9 sanctioned so as to get closure on the incident, a Palace spokesman ... -
Rody weighs in on 'accident'
(Manila Standard,June 18, 2019 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday described the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in the Recto Bank a “little maritime accident,” adding that the Philippines is not ready to challenge China’s military might. ...