ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Authorities have seized three wooden-hulled ferries loaded with smuggled rice off this city, an official disclosed early this week. Lieutenant Noriel Ramos, Zamboanga Coast Guard Station commander, disclosed that the vessels were intercepted in a joint law enforcement operation around 6:50 p.m. Saturday near the shore of Barangay Baliwasan, this … [Read more...] about 3 boatloads of ‘smuggled rice’ seized in Zamboanga
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PCG intercepts 47 undocumented Filipinos, 16 minors off the seas of Basilan
Zamboanga City (August 17)- The Philippine Coast Guard Zamboanga Station intercepted at least 63 undocumented Filipinos, including 16 minors who were on board a local inter-island vessel off the seas of Basilan area. Zamboanga City Coast Guard Station chief Lt. Commander Noriel Ramos said that members of his command under their advance station based in Basilan province … [Read more...] about PCG intercepts 47 undocumented Filipinos, 16 minors off the seas of Basilan