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Zamboanga City — February 6, 2026 More than 250 passengers and crew members were safely rescued after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mounted a swift and coordinated search and rescue…
Isabela City, Basilan — February 4, 2026 The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued two distressed fishermen after their motorbanca encountered dangerous sea conditions in the waters off Barangay Baluno,…
ZAMBOANGA CITY / BASILAN — As search and retrieval operations continue in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, disturbing questions are mounting over the true number of passengers aboard the…
BASILAN — February 4, 2026 — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has officially located the wreck of MV Trisha Kerstin III in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, marking a…
Surigao City — A potentially disastrous maritime incident was averted after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) swiftly responded to a fire that broke out aboard MV Maria Felisa while it…
Balabagan, Lanao del Sur — A three-year-old child was saved from a potentially fatal drowning incident after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mounted a swift and decisive response in the…
BASILAN — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday confirmed the recovery of two additional cadavers from waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, pushing the death toll from the sinking of…
BASILAN PROVINCE — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued a distressed motor launch off the coast of Basilan on Sunday after it suffered a steering failure while en route…
The sinking of M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 off the waters of Basilan, which claimed at least 40 lives, has once again exposed a painful truth Filipinos know too well: government…
Zamboanga City — The death toll from the sinking of passenger vessel MV Trisha Kerstin 3 has risen to 36 after authorities recovered three more bodies during continuing search and…