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The Court of Appeals has junked the bid of seven Philippine Coast Guard personnel and a policeman to overturn their homicide conviction over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in 2013 at Balintang Channel near the Batanes group of islands.

Four Vietnamese fishermen were apprehended for illegal fishing in the waters off Pag-Asa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan on Sept. 18, the Philippine Coast Guard reported yesterday.

A suspect in the killing of a Philippine Coast Guard personnel in Indang, Cavite on Monday has been arrested.

Starting next week, employees of the Philippine Coast Guard will be required to comply with a ban on single-use plastic as part of the PCG’s efforts to promote marine environmental protection.

Nearly 1,500 draftees were sworn into the Philippine Coast Guard service yesterday in what the PCG said was the largest oath-taking ceremony of enlisted trainees in its history.

The safety certificate of the MV Asia Philippines, which caught fire in the waters off an anchorage in Batangas on Friday, has been suspended.

Around 22,000 Philippine Coast Guard personnel will be deployed to help ensure a peaceful and orderly reopening of face-to-face classes on Aug. 22.

Anti-narcotics agents, security forces  and a drug-sniffing dog of the Philippine Coast Guard seized a kilo of shabu valued at P6.8 million in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday.

First pipeline system to implement PCG aggregation pooling service.

The captain and chief officer of a vessel that ran aground in the waters off Zambales on July 2 have been rescued, the Philippine Coast Guard said yesterday.