PCG-7 on heightened alert due to Tropical Storm Kristine

Emmariel Ares 10/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) are now on heightened alert amid the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine.  Ensign Abel Lomboy, the PCG-7 Information Officer, said that they had…

Ship that ran aground in Bantayan may have avoided fish cage

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigation has begun to shed light as to how a passenger roll-on-roll-off ship ran aground within the vicinity of Bantayan Island on Monday, October 23. And initial findings from the Philippine Coast Guard…

Smuggled cigarettes seized in San Francisco, Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth P350,000 were confiscated during an inspection at the Port of San Francisco in Camotes Island, Cebu on Monday, November 14, 2022. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas…

Sea trips from Cebu ports resume on Oct. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of passengers hoping to go to their respective hometowns in observance of All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day hit the different ports in Cebu on Sunday, October 30, as authorities have…

#OdettePH: 338 passengers, 302 vessels stranded in Central Visayas

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 338 passengers and 302 sea vessels are currently stranded in the different ports in Cebu due to Typhoon Odette. Storm Signal Number 1 has been raised in the Island of…

Hundreds stranded as Cebu remains under Signal No. 1 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 184 individuals remained stranded as Typhoon Bising (international codename: Surigae) continues to affect northern Cebu on Monday, April 19, 2021. The situation report from the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) recorded…

308 passengers stranded in Cebu ports due to TD Vicky

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Passengers are now stuck in at least three ports in Cebu as Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky approaches Central Visayas. The weather disturbance is expected in the region in the next six to ten…

Ship destroyed by fire poses no oil spill threat – PCG-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) said on Friday, July 24, that there are no threat of an oil spill on the waters around Catmon town in northern Cebu after a…

‘Better be safe than sorry’: PDRRMO raises red alert for Ursula, seeks early evacuation for high risk areas

Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Staying safe is still the best way to celebrate Christmas. This was the message of Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Neil Angelo Sanchez to the public amid the threat posed…

Philippine Coast Guard: Registration of vessels for 2020 Sinulog fluvial parade starts

Futch Anthony Inso 12/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Owners of sea vessels and motorbancas, who wish to join the fluvial procession of the upcoming Sinulog 2020 in January, can now register in the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7). Lieutenant…

Coast Guard cancels trips to and from Cebu’s Camotes Islands

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–After announcing cancelled trips of small vessels to Bohol and Leyte from Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas also declared the suspension of trips to and from Camotes Islands. Camotes Islands is composed…

Coast Guard cancels trips of small vessels to Bohol, Leyte

Alven Marie Timtim and Rosalie Abatayo 08/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–For those traveling to Getafe, Bohol and the towns of Bato and Hilongos, Leyte, eyes here. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) announced a couple of cancelled sea trips from Cebu to Bohol…

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