PCG’s first female pilot promoted to commodore

Dianne Sampang 05/17/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s first female pilot was promoted by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the next higher rank of commodore upon the recommendation of Department of Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon. According to…

Capsized Chinese vessel in Occ. Mindoro: Search on for missing crew

Marita Moaje - Philippine News Agency 04/17/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has ramped up its search and rescue operations for the missing seafarers of a Chinese sand carrier that capsized off Rizal town in Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday. PCG Commandant,…

PCG logs over 22,000 seaport passengers on Palm Sunday

Faith Argosino 04/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) monitored 22,422 passengers traveling through seaports nationwide on Palm Sunday, April 13. In an advisory, PCG said 12,899  passengers were traveling outbound, while 9,523 were inbound. The agency has…

China Coast Guard blocks 2 PH ships in Scarborough – US expert

Faith Agrosino 03/24/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Two China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels reportedly intercepted two Philippine ships near Scarborough Shoal on Monday, according to a U.S. maritime expert. Ray Powell, director of of SeaLight — a program of Stanford University’s…

China’s claim on Palawan ‘delusional,’ PH urged to act

Faith Agrosino 03/03/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The government should increase maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea after China falsely claimed that Palawan once belonged to them, former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said Sunday. Colmenares called China’s claim, which…

PCG logs over 42,000 Christmas travelers at ports

Dianne Sampang 12/23/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Christmas travel is expected to peak this week, and already, government authorities have recorded at least 42,000 travelers at various ports nationwide. According to a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) report, passengers across all ports…

PCG: Almost 39,000 passengers crowd PH ports on Dec. 22

Faith Argosino 12/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines —  The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has so far monitored almost 39,000 inbound and outbound passengers in ports nationwide on Sunday, December 22. In a report, the PCG said 20,470 were outbound passengers and 18,516…

BRP Teresa Magbanua arrives in Palawan with sick crew

Faith Argosino 09/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua has arrived at port in Puerto Princesa, Palawan from Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, according to the agency. Based on photos…

PCG removes over 1.3M liters of oily waste from sunken tanker

Faith Argosino 09/08/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 1.3 million liters of oily waste have been siphoned from motor tanker (MT) Terranova from August 19 to September 7, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The boat is one of the…

Philippines boosts maritime security as China tension rises

04/01/2024

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered his government to strengthen its coordination on maritime security to confront “a range of serious challenges” to territorial integrity and peace, as a dispute with China escalates. The…

Marcos: PH sets ‘countermeasures’ against China’s WPS aggressive acts

Nestor Corrales 03/31/2024

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has asserted that the Philippines will take action through unspecified “countermeasures” against China’s aggressive acts towards Filipino troops and fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. He instructed the Department of National Defense (DND)…

Philippines minister dares China to put maritime sovereignty claim to arbitration

03/25/2024

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines defence minister on Monday dared China to take its claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea to international arbitration following another standoff at the weekend, but said Manila would not budge…

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