Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "search and rescue"
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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, ... -
15 perish, 19 missing after Indonesian wooden boat sinks off Sulawesi coast
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
4 missing as dive boat sinks off reef
(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 ... -
4,000 rare turtles rescued from captivity in Palawan
(Manila Standard,July 16, 2015 , on page A7)Thousands of rare forest turtles have been rescued from horrifying conditions of captivity in the Philippines, saving the critically endangered animals from possible extinction, wildlife experts said Wednesday. More than ... -
5 fishermen lost at sea, land in Vietnam
(Manila Standard,February NaN, 2013 , on page A3)Five Filipino fishermen, who had engine trouble and had been floating aimlessly in the Sulu Sea for about a week, were sighted and rescued by Vietnamese fishermen off the southern province of Khan Hoa in Vietnam, the ... -
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 ... -
At least seven dead in Indonesia overloaded boat selfie accident
(Manila Standard,May 17, 2021 , on page A5)Seven Indonesians drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir on Java island, police said Sunday. The accident happened when all 20 passengers suddenly moved to the one ... -
BFAR recruits personnel
(Manila Standard,January 16, 2015 , on page B1)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Thursday it enlisted some of its personnel in an intensive law enforcement training program to strengthen the country's fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated ... -
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 builds SCS rescue, maritime station
(Manila Standard,July 25, 2022 , on page A1-A2)China has built permanent stations for its rescue and maritime forces on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea. Citing reports from state broadcaster China Central Television, South China Morning Post said ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Dolphin rescued
(Manila Standard,January 13, 2017 , on page C1)Personnel of the Salcedo Municipal Police Station assist men from BFAR and MENRO header by Danilo P. Duran in rescuing a lost dolphin found at the r=territorial waters of Barangay Butig, Salcedo, Eastern Samar on Wednesday. ... -
Envoy thanks PCG for rescue of seven Chinese fishermen
(Manila Standard,January 29, 2023 , on page 2A)The Chinese Embassy in Manila thanked the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for rescuing seven Chinese fishermen found drifting off Eastern Samar after their boat sustained hull damage. Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said the ... -
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 ...