Eight fishermen rescued in Biliran

Manila Bulletin Tacloban City, Leyte (PNA) – Eight fishermen were rescued by a private yacht and officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday morning after their fishing boat capsized off Biliran seawaters due to stormy weather. Lt. Junior Grade Paul Ryan C. Gonzales, station commander of the Tacloban PCG station, said they received a [...]

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Under Current Events Add comment June 18th, 2013

Run aground foreign vessel in Biliran province

BiliranIsland.com Staff BiliranIsland.com First Posted 12:00:00 06/18/2013 The M/V Unicorn Logger, the foreign vessel which ran aground in Sambawan lsland off Maripipi and damaged its coral reef. BiliranIsland.com Video GmaNews Video ABS CBN News The ABS-CBN report on the Sambawan incident involving MV Unicorn Logger utilized video footages gathered by biliranisland.com. Video

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NDRRMC: Foreign cargo vessel with 18 Vietnamese runs aground on island of Biliran province

A foreign cargo vessel ran aground at an island on Biliran Thursday night, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday. In its 6 p.m. report, the NDRRMC said the vessel – MV Unicorn Lodger of Wisdom Lines – ran aground at Sambauan Island in Maripipi town in Biliran at 8 p.m. last [...]

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Foreign cargo ship runs aground off Biliran

By Joey Gabieta Inquirer Visayas TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—A foreign commercial vessel manned by Vietnamese and loaded with more than 1,600 pieces of lumber ran aground off Maripipi Island in Biliran province Thursday night, officials said. The Japan-bound ship M/V Unicorn Logger, which had 18 crew members and was skippered by Nguyen Anh Tuan, ran aground [...]

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Foreign vessel damages reef in Biliran province

By: Rodrigo S. Victoria NAVAL, Biliran – The much-publicized damage on the Tubbataha Reef by an American military vessel and a Chinese fishing vessel not long ago seemed not enough, as another foreign vessel plowed through another reef in a more central part of the Philippines. A Panamanian registered cargo vessel ran aground in the [...]

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Accident near Naval cemetery

BiliranIsland.com Staff BiliranIsland.com First Posted 10:36:00 06/11/2013 A motorcycle and a mocad figured in a collision just outside the Naval Catholic Cemetery, Naval, Biliran. Time, around 9:05 pm June 11, 2013. A victim rushed to the hospital. UPDATE. The driver of the motorcycle, Mario Bringa, 48 to 50 yrs old, from Brgy. Villa Consuelo died [...]

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Under Current Events Add comment June 11th, 2013

Billiran crime volume records low in PD Diloy’s watch

by: Rodrigo S. Victoria NAVAL, Biliran – In just a period of one year after PSSupt. Felix Alberca Diloy assumed office on June 7, 2012 as the provincial director of the Biliran Police Provincial Office (BPPO), crime volume in the province of Biliran has significantly decreased. A total crime volume of 299 were recorded from [...]

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