The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday, April 9 recovered another body of a passenger of the ill-fated ferry M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 that caught fire off the Basilan waters in late March.
A low pressure area (LPA) is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday night, April 9, and is likely to become a tropical depression after six days.
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said it has found probable cause for the filing of administrative charges against the owner of sunken shop MT Princess Empress, the oil spill source in the waters of Mindoro and nearby provinces.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a total of 26 aftershocks following the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit offshore Gigmoto,Catanduanes Tuesday night, April 4.