On or about 100120H Dec 13, five robbers boarded an anchored tanker while crew were busy performing tank cleaning procedures at Pulau Bintan, Indonesia. 2/E on duty in the engine room noticed the robbers and informed bridge who raised the alarm. The robbers escaped...
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On or about 061200H Dec 13, five (5) fishermen were killed by sea marauders off Tapaan Island, Jolo, Sulu. A police report disclosed that the five fishermen whose identities were not known yet as of press time went fishing aboard F/B GAM 5 last Friday when they were...
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The Cebu Provincial Anti-illegal Fishing Task Force intercepted some P200,000 worth of fish suspected of being caught through dynamite fishing in Barangay Don Pedro, Bogo City, Cebu. Provincial Chief Security Loy Madrigal, who headed the operation, said they stopped...
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A Navy gunboat sent to rescue the 10 fishermen stranded at the Recto Bank in the Spratlys had to return to Palawan Sunday due to the turbulent seas. What the Armed Forces will do instead is to send a Navy patrol ship as soon as a “minor repair” on it is completed....
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The Philippine Navy has taken delivery of three of five brand-new helicopters it bought from Italy for P1.33 billion. Philippine Fleet spokesman Lt. Junior Grade Rommel Rodriguez said yesterday the three units of Augusta Westland (AW-109s “Power”) helicopters were...
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China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has set sail from the Qingdao naval base in northern China’s Shandong province and will reach the disputed South China Sea within months to conduct a range of military training exercises, our sister paper Want...
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The HMS Illustrious, the British warship which arrived in the country on Nov. 25, leaves the Philippines on Thursday, 11 Dec 13, as it ends its emergency response operations for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Source: GMA News
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On 16 December 2013, a group of around ten (10) pirates attacked the 6,500 ton Marshall Islands-flagged MT ALTHEA with 18 crewmembers onboard at around 35 nautical miles off the oil-producing Niger Delta coastline. The pirates kidnapped its Ukrainian captain and a...
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On the dawn of 10 Dec 13, about 1000 board feet of allegedly illegally cut logs have been seized in a joint operation between the police from Bulua police station and the city local environment and natural resources office (Clenro). After receiving a tip from an...
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The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved on August 31 an amendment to Ordinance 2012-05, also known as the Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ordinance of Cebu, declaring all shark species as protected. Therefore, catching, transporting, disposing of and...
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On or about 09030H Dec 13, five (5) pirates armed with guns in a skiff approached and fired upon a tanker underway at Gulf of Aden. Master raised alarm, activated fire hoses, increased speed, took evasive manoeuvres and contacted UKMTO for assistance. The on-board...
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Operatives of the Regional Maritime Unit have apprehended four motorized pumpboats for violating City Fisheries Ordinance No. 89 as amended by Ordinance No. 2005-133. The apprehension was made during recent seaborne patrols. The RMU-9 901st Maritime Station led by...
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