In this image from video run by China’s CCTV shows the Panama-registered tanker “Sanchi” is seen ablaze after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered freighter off China’s eastern coast, Monday, Jan. 8, 2017. The U.S. Navy has joined the search...
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has named Elson Hermogino as the new commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard. Hermogino, whose appointment paper was signed by Duterte on January 4, replaces retired PCG commandant Rear Admiral William Melad. The PCG was led...
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BASCO, BATANES—Four crew members of a cargo ship were rescued on Tuesday night (Dec. 26) when their small boat capsized along the coastal waters of Chanarian village here. A fifth crew member remains missing as of Wednesday (Dec. 27). The crewmen were belonging to the...
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China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, performed its maiden flight on Sunday (Dec 24) from an airport on the shores of the South China Sea, the latest step in a military modernisation programme. China has stepped up...
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DAVAO CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, December 21, led the commissioning of government ships BRP Lapu-Lapu and BRP Francisco Dagohoy, which are expected to help strengthen the state’s ability to combat illegal fishing and immediately respond to disasters....
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VARIOUS stakeholders in Tañon Strait vowed to strengthen collaboration to combat illegal fishing and protect one of the country’s important fishing grounds in the Visayas. The Tañon Strait is an important fishing ground down south. About 288,000 small-scale fishers...
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Labuan: Four anglers who went adrift for more than 20 hours in the open sea after their boat developed engine trouble were rescued off Pulau Tiga by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Sunday. Ali@ Cherlie M Yussof, 62, Jamhari Bujang, 54, Wilfred...
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Inspection. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña (foreground), together with Port of Cebu OIC District Collector Wivina Pumatong (second from left, second row) inspects the 71 cargo containers at the Cebu International Port that were suspected to have smuggled items....
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Hong Kong (CNN)The United Nations brought down the hammer and that was it for the Hao Fan 6. On October 10, the hulking, 460-foot (140 meter) cargo ship was banned from entering every single port across the globe, punished for violating sanctions on North Korea. It...
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Korean coast guard discovered the bodies of the remaining two people who were reported missing after the fishing boat Seonchang-1 capsized off Incheon, South Korea on December 3. Yonhap News Agency cited the coast guard as saying that the captain of the fishing vessel...
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A marine pollution alert has been issued following the washing ashore of globules of oil along some of the beaches of Lifou Island, New Caledonia over the past few days. These include Lifou, Ouvea and both Yate and Houailou on the main island’s east coast, RNZ...
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In this Dec. 24, 2015, photo, provided by Filipino fisherman Renato Etac, a Chinese Coast Guard boat approaches Filipino fishermen near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Renato Etac via AP, file MANILA, Philippines — Ambassador to China Santiago Sta. Romana...
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