The Philippines and Japan coast guards are set to conduct bilateral exercise about combating piracy and armed robbery at sea this week off Manila Bay, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday.
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered Friday for a speedy investigation into the boat mishap off central city of Ormoc where death toll already rose to 39.
At least 36 people died and 26 others went missing after a passenger banca capsized in the waters off Ormoc City in central Philippines' Leyte province on Thursday afternoon, said Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
Philippine Coast Guuard (PCG) confirmed on Thursday that a Taiwanese fisherman and his vessel were seized by police operatives off Batanes Islands.
The death toll in the collision of a passenger ferry and a cargo vessel in central Philippine province of Cebu jumped to 52 while 68 people remained missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday.
Taiwanese authorities and the Philippines swapped teams on Monday to start investigating the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier this month.
简体中文
