Poachers avoid PH waters over kidnap fears – Coast Guard

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 21:16:35 +0000

Poachers avoid PH waters over kidnap fears – Coast Guard

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Kidnapping in the high seas, usually done by the bandit group Abu Sayyaf, has been scaring away poachers of rare and endangered species of turtles from Tawi-Tawi, an officer of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

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IACT gets 300 highway patrol cops, 100 coast guard members

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:23:49 +0000

IACT gets 300 highway patrol cops, 100 coast guard members

MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (IACT) will receive additional 300 officers from the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) and 100 members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), in an effort to increase its visibility with more personnel.

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Passenger vessel runs aground near Bisucay Island Cuyo, Palawan

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 09:27:02 +0000

A passenger vessel carrying more than 100 people ran aground near Bisucay Island in Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard report showed on Sunday.

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PCG tightens security in Mindanao ports after twin blasts

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:58:32 +0000

PCG tightens security in Mindanao ports after twin blasts

All Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) units stationed in Mindanao, the southern region of the archipelago, has been ordered to tighten security measures around all ports following the Jolo twin blasts on Sunday that killed at least 20 people and injured 81 others.

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‘No-sailing’ policy lifted in Bicol

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:42:15 +0000

Close to 2,000 stranded passengers in the ports of Sorsogon and Masbate were allowed to board their ships on Tuesday after the Philippine Coast Guard lifted the “no-sailing” policy as Tropical Depression “Amang” weakened into a low pressure area.

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Coast Guard tows RoRo ship that broke down at sea in Visayas

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:07:02 +0000

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Coast Guard ship BRP Nueva Ecija 3502 escorted to Danao City in Cebu a RoRo (roll-on/roll-off) ship that broke down after it left the Port of Isabel in Leyte on Saturday morning.

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TD ‘Usman’ strands 20,357 passengers at various ports — PCG

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 08:59:40 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — More passengers are stranded due to Tropical Depression “Usman,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday afternoon. In its updated tally, the PCG said a total of 20,357 passengers remain stranded in various ports around the country as of Friday noon: National Capital Region-Central Luzon – 665 Central Visayas- 2,074 Southern Tagalog- […]

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16,000 passengers stranded in ports nationwide due to ‘Usman’–PH Coast Guard

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 02:58:19 +0000

CLOSE to 16,000 passengers were unable to travel because of the threat of rough seas and inclement weather brought about by tropical depression “Usman”, the Philippine Coast Guard said on…READ

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Over 6,000 passengers stranded in ports due to TD ‘Usman’— PCG

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 07:14:44 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The number of stranded passengers in the country’s various ports has reached over 6,000 due to tropical depression “Usman.”

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