Sep 17, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Maritime Incidents, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
ILOILO CITY – A dead whale was washed ashore in Boracay Island, the country’s most famous beach destination in Malay town, Aklan province. Ernesto Bandiola Cruz, a photographer and community volunteer, said the dead whale was discovered at Sitio Sugod of Manocmanoc...
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Sep 14, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Maritime Incidents, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
Eight crew members were rescued from a half-submerged tugboat and barge, which contains black sand and boulders, off the waters of Laoang, Northern Samar, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday, Sept. 13. In an incident report, the PCG said the tugboat MTUG...
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Sep 9, 2021 | Weather Update, Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) has activated its disaster response and recovery teams (DDRTs) to help communities affected by Typhoons Jolina and Kiko. In a statement Thursday, Navy spokesperson, Commander Benjo Negranza said these DRRTs, composing of the Naval...
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Sep 7, 2021 | Weather Update, Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has recorded over 1,900 stranded passengers in various ports due to continuous onslaught of typhoon “Jolina”. The PCG monitored at least 1,946 stranded passengers in Eastern Visayas and Bicol regions as of 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept....
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Sep 6, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Sunday assured local government units (LGUs) of its support in protecting aquatic resources in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) while urging them to improve their management of municipal...
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Sep 3, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) planted over 500 mangrove propagules and conducted simultaneous coastal clean-up drives in Cagayan, Aurora, and Batanes last Saturday, Aug. 28. Personnel of PCG District Northeastern Luzon have also planted over 250...
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Aug 28, 2021 | Maritime Violations, IUU Fishing - Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, Environmental Concerns, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
Twenty-four men from Cebu were apprehended yesterday by the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force for illegal fishing in the town of Patnongon. The men were caught conducting modified Danish Seine or hulbot-hulbot, one of the most destructive fishing methods. This...
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Aug 26, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Maritime Incidents, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
A whale shark (Rhincodon typus), also known as butanding, was trapped in a fishnet near the seashore of Atimonan, Quezon on Wednesday morning. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-CALABARZON (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) said the...
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Aug 25, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Maritime Incidents, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
QUEZON, Philippines — A whale shark, also known as a butanding, was sighted by residents in Lamon Bay, Atimonan, Quezon on Monday went it got trapped inside a fishing net near the seashore. According to the report of the Department of Environment and Natural...
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Jul 12, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
A FEMALE risso’s dolphin stranded along Sta. Elena river in Sta. Rita, Samar was freed by personnel of the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) off San Juanico Strait Friday, July 9, 2021. The 2.75-meter dolphin was first seen in the said...
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Jul 12, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
COTABATO CITY – A 4.6 magnitude temblor shook Sultan Kudarat province pre-dawn on Sunday. In its earthquake information bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) traced the epicenter of the 2:45 a.m. tectonic quake at 15 kilometers...
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Jul 10, 2021 | Environmental Concerns, Others, Maritime Situational Awareness, Domestic
More than 300 kilograms of assorted trash and marine debris were collected by divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in a simultaneous underwater clean-up drive in Boracay Island, Aklan, it said on Thursday, July 8. In celebration of the 38th founding anniversary...
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