Coast Guard, Marina officials relieved amid sea mishap probe

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:15:37 +0000

Coast Guard, Marina officials relieved amid sea mishap probe

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has relieved six officials of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) pending results of a “comprehensive and very objective” investigation on the sinking of three boats in Iloilo Strait that killed 31 people last week.

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6 Coast Guard, Marina officials sacked over sea accidents

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:40:17 +0000

6 Coast Guard, Marina officials sacked over sea accidents

Six officials of the Coast Guard and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) have been relieved following the triple sea tragedy at the Iloilo Strait that killed 31 people, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday.

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Probe of Iloilo sea mishap starts

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:19:37 +0000

Probe of Iloilo sea mishap starts

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Officials and personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard in Western Visayas are facing an investigation after three motorboats capsized due to strong waves produced by a squall on Iloilo Strait off Iloilo and Guimaras provinces on Saturday.

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Duterte orders Coast Guard patrol of Batanes Islands

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:07:53 +0000

Batanes Islands

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday directed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to guard the islands of Batanes province to ensure that the islands would “remain ours.”

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Coast Guard gets new equipment

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:20:56 +0000

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has acquired new assets to beef up its maritime rescue and security operations as well as disaster response operations.

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50 rescued after motorbanca capsizes off Davao City wharf

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 03:48:14 +0000

The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 50 passengers onboard a chartered vessel after its engine went dead as it left Sta. Ana wharf here around 7:55 a.m., Sunday, May 18.

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PCG rescues 6 passengers of half-submerged motorbanca in Leyte

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 11:18:12 +0000

Six passengers of a half-submerged private motorbanca in Bato town in Leyte were rescued, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday.

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Cargo vessel ran aground off Bohol’s Panglao Island

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:19:57 +0000

Cargo vessel ran aground off Bohol's Panglao Island

A cargo vessel ran aground in the waters off Panglao Island, Bohol’s tourism jewel, in the evening of Maundy Thursday.

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‘My Hawkeye’ in distress, Scottish national rescued in Cebu

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:52:56 +0000

‘My Hawkeye’ in distress, Scottish national rescued in Cebu

A male Scottish national on board a sailing boat was rescued after being injured while sailing around Cebu, the PCG said.

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