Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday, Oct. 9, criticized the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its purchase of what he called overpriced body-worn cameras worth P879,000 each in 2020. This was during the subcommittee hearing deliberating the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
Ports operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) and Dubai-based logistics company DP World joined forces in investing ₱120 million to roll out the Philippines’ first complete fleet of electric internal transfer vehicles (eITVs). ATI and DP World recently unveiled a fleet of 15 eITVs and their...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to preposition ready-to-eat food boxes in key ports across the country ahead of disasters, particularly during typhoons that disrupt sea travel. Under the agreement signed on June 27,...
The ongoing study of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) on at least three regional port facilities that will serve as support infrastructure to the emerging offshore wind industry in the power sector had hit chokepoints, including budget constraints for two of them; while the plug had been pulled...
(File photo: PCG) A total of 419,727 passengers were monitored by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in all ports nationwide during its 12-hour monitoring on Monday, Dec. 30, ahead of the New Year’s Eve. The PCG said that 58,423 outbound passengers and 53,084 inbound passengers accessed various...
(File photo) Are you going to travel by sea to go to the province for the New Year’s revelry? You might want to check the list of firecrackers that are not allowed to be transported in ports as released by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to ensure that the traveling public will have a safe...
A major thorn on the side of the project developers will be cleared, as the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has finally affirmed its support to the repurposing of three major ports that will underpin the commercial advancement of gigawatt-scale offshore wind (OSW) farm projects. In a statement to...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has committed the repurposing of at least three initial ports that will support the development of billion dollars-worth of offshore wind projects that the Marcos administration has been pushing for completion by 2028, according to the Department of Energy....
Senator Raffy Tulfo met with various heads of government agencies online amid the Senate work suspension to ensure public safety amid the inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday, September 2. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Services immediately warned the...
President Marcos led the inauguration of a new passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Batangas dubbed as the "most modern" inter-island terminal under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the passenger terminal building...
"Lahat po yan may karapatan (All of them have rights)." This was Senator Francis Tolentino's statement on Saturday, March 23 during an interview on DWIZ as he called for the hiring of veterinarians in ports for the convenience of people traveling with pets. Tolentino asked the Philippine Ports...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas here is confident that the modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex in this city will pave the way for larger exportation of products from Western Visayas. THE Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. (PPA) “Hopefully, we can...
