Non-Naval Security

A Chinese fishing boat (representative photo only)
Fatima Sweenee Sajili (in glasses) attends a Philippine Senate consultation regarding the sinking of Aleson Shipping Lines' ferry Trisha Kerstin 3, February 12, 2026. Sajili is one of the 293 people who survived the sinking of Trisha Kerstin 3 off Basilan province in the southern Philippines on January 26, 2026. The same incident left 53 people dead while 25 others are still missing.
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Officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr), and the Philippine Coast Guard conduct a press conference to explain the filing of charges against shipping company Aleson Shipping Lines and a number of government personnel in connection with the loss of the ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 along with over 51 passengers and crew, February 11, 2026. L-R: MARINA Administrator Sonia Malaluan, acting DOTr Secretary Giovanni Lopez, and Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan
A Philippine Coast Guard sailor scours the waters off Occidental Mindoro province for any sign of the fishing boat MJ2 or its four crewmembers, February 11, 2026. The vessel was initially reported missing two days prior after it failed to return from a fishing trip.
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A China Coast Guard ship (background) sails near the Philippine Coast Guard multi-role response vessel BRP Capones during the latter's patrol at Scarborough Shoal, 124 nautical miles west of Zambales province in the northwestern Philippines on March 2, 2022.
A tug manoeuvres into position prior to attaching towing lines to the grounded tanker Espada off Naujan municipality in the Philippines' Oriental Mindoro province.
The Guardia di Finanza patrol vessel Tenente Petrucci
A China Maritime Safety Administration patrol vessel
Bales of cocaine seized by US authorities from stowaway in San Juan harbour, January 28, 2026
Philippine Coast Guard personnel bring a recovered cadaver on board the multi-role response vessel BRP Melchora Aquino off Basilan province, February 9, 2026. The deceased individual has been identified as one of at least 51 people who perished after the Ro-Pax ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 sank in those same waters less than a month earlier.
A China Coast Guard patrol ship discharges its water cannon against a small boat attempting to transport supplies to Philippine troops deployed on Second Thomas Shoal, December 10, 2023.
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One of the three tankers detained by the Indian Coast Guard on February 6, 2026, for alleged oil smuggling
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Rendering of a US Coast Guard polar security cutter
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The Philippine Coast Guard multi-role response vessel BRP Tubbataha and other small boats assist in the search for the missing victims of the sinking of the ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 in the waters off Basilan province. As of February 4, 2026, when this photograph was taken, the incident had a confirmed death toll of 45.
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