Day: September 16, 2024

Manila: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is investigating a Philippine-flagged dredging vessel with six purportedly undocumented Chinese crew members. In an incident report Monday, the PCG said MV Sangko Uno, a hopper dredger ship, was anchored at Navotas Port on Sunday when they received a report alleging that the ship’s crew were undocumented Chinese. A PCG response team confirmed that there were five Chinese nationals and one Filipino-Chinese national aboard the ship. The crew claimed their legal documents and passports were with their company office. ‘The PCG has collected relevant documents, including the crew list, ship’s logbook, and other available

Manila: Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra stunned super GM Vladimir Fedoseev as the Philippines beat Slovenia, 2.5-1.5, in the fifth round to enter the Top 10 of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. The US-based Sadorra, ranked No. 51, prevailed over the No. 26 Fedoseev after 53 moves of the Queen’s Gambit Declined defense. His victory put the Philippines in a tie with 21 countries at seventh place in the team standings with eight points each. Daniel Quizon, who will receive PHP100,000 from the National Chess Federation of the Philippines president Butch

DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Davao Region (BFAR-11) launched the 61st Fish Conservation Week on Monday, focusing on sustainability and food security. ‘This annual event underscores the importance of conserving our fishery resources. Conservation is key to ensuring sustainability and achieving food security for the country,” Director Relly Garcia, BFAR-11 Officer-in-Charge, said in an interview. Garcia highlighted the critical role of the marine ecosystem, noting that as an archipelago, the Philippines has thousands of farmers and fisherfolk who depend on such resources and contribute to food security. ‘We are rich in natural resources and

ILOILO CITY – Over PHP9.33 million worth of assistance has been released to families affected by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Cyclone ‘Ferdie’ in Western Visayas, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). DSWD, in its Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) report No. 7 furnished on Monday, said it released 10,024 family food packs worth more than PHP8.5 million and 356 non-food items costing PHP514,744 augmenting the PHP204,150 aid from local government units for around 19.36 percent of the affected population. ‘A total of 517,781 families or 175,908 persons are affected in

Manila: Oil companies will implement another big-time rollback on pump prices on Tuesday. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil, and Shell said they will slash gasoline prices by PHP1 per liter, and diesel prices by another PHP1.30 per liter. Kerosene prices will also be lower by PHP1.65 per liter at Caltex, Seaoil and Shell fuel stations. This is the third consecutive week that oil firms have cut prices on petroleum products. With the price adjustments last week, current gasoline prices in Metro Manila range from PHP50 to PHP84.32 per liter, diesel from PHP46.74 to PHP70.40 per