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Coast Guard to secure today’s ‘bangcarera’
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Iloilo mobilized 40 personnel to secure the bangcarera miniature paraw race at Port San Jose in Barangay Hoskyn, Jordan, Guimaras today. The PCG deployment began on Saturday, the opening ...
- February 10, 2019
Shattered dreams: questions raised as sea tragedy breaks hearts
The squall that capsized three boats in the Iloilo Strait between this city and Guimaras Island past noon on Saturday did not only kill people. It also broke hearts and dashed dreams. The casualties included, among others, ...
- August 5, 2019
Coastguard faces probe: Duterte may visit victims of sea tragedy
Two passenger boats already capsized in the rough Iloilo Strait earlier on Saturday but why was a third one still allowed to proceed on its journey? It, too, capsized. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) central office's ...
- August 6, 2019
Guimaras boats not seaworthy?: MARINA grounds all motorboats, starts probe
How seaworthy are the motorboats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route? Following the capsizing of three boats on Aug. 3, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) grounded all the motorboats crisscrossing the Iloilo Strait. ...
- August 7, 2019
Iloilo board member urges action against sea tragedies
An Iloilo board member passed a resolution urging municipal mayors to take appropriate actions to prevent sea tragedies. “We don’t want what happened in Iloilo Strait to happen in our coastal jurisdictions,” 2nd District ...
- August 25, 2019
NegOcc joins coast watch for missing persons in sea mishap
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here has directed city and municipalities, which are located along the shorelines of Negros Occidental, to join the coast watch for missing persons in ...
- August 7, 2019
'N. Iloilo illegal fishing hotspot'
Northern Iloilo is an illegal fishing hotspot in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Most of the violations were the use of active gears and encroachment of municipal waters ...
- August 2, 2019
Du30 to meet families of sea mishap victims today
President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Guimaras today to personally condole with the families to those who died in the capsizing of three motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Saturday. According to Presidential Spokesperson ...
- July NaN, 2019