CEBU, Philippines — Authorities seized at least 735 pieces of rare helmet shells, also known as budyong, in Bantayan on Thursday. The Maritime Law Enforcement Team, Bantay Dagat and the Municipal Agriculturist-Fisheries Office have jointly conducted an operation in...
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MANILA – Authorities seized about 15 tons of fossilized giant clam shells, known locally as “taklobo”, in a joint maritime law enforcement operation in Palawan earlier this week. In a Facebook post on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the giant clam...
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After the successful anti-piracy and anti-terrorism drills in Mindanao last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) has proceeded in conducting maritime exercise off Panay Island, Western Visayas on Tuesday, June 29. Personnel of the...
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Mahigpit ang isinasagawang pagpapatrolya ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sa karagatan ng Balabac para mapigilan ang mga isinasagawang iligal na pangingisda ng ilang indibidwal. Ayon kay Commander Severino Destura ng PCG at Coast Guard District Puerto Princesa, kung...
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MANILA – The United States Embassy in Manila said Washington is working with the Philippines to strengthen its maritime domain awareness and ability to secure its territory amid reports of illegal fishing in the West Philippines Sea. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires...
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MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) will deploy next year its fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-Ms) off the waters of Mindanao to help in operations against communist terrorist groups. “The FAIC-Ms will be deployed initially in the Mindanao AORs...
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Giant clams worth P160M seized in Palawan raid Some 80 tons of “taklobo,” or giant clams, were seized by authorities on an island off the coastal town of Roxas, Palawan province, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. The PCG said 324 pieces of giant...
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National security adviser says decision meant to ease tension in disputed waters FISHING GROUND Fishermen use small boats to navigate the shallow portions of Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, a rich fishing ground that has given livelihood to coastal...
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With a maximum depth of 2,980 meters, the submersible named ‘Jiaolong’ was underwater for nine hours and 54 minutes in its seventh dive in the second stage of China’s 38th ocean scientific expedition. A Chinese manned submersible has explored...
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Infanta, Quezon – Benham Rise may have entered the consciousness of most Filipinos only recently, but to the residents of Dinahican village here, it has long been part of the fisher folk’s lives for nearly four decades now. Romeo Sarco, 59, a boat captain, said it was...
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One of the seized giant pearls. (Image from News5 video) MANILA, Philippines — Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation’s Environmental Crime Division mounted an entrapment operation in Ermita, Manila and arrested 10 suspects trying to sell thee giant...
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