Close to 6,000 passengers were stranded across 81 seaports in eight regions on Tuesday, Nov. 25, as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) enforced a sweeping no-sail order amid the onslaught of Tropical Depression Verbena. From 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., the PCG recorded 5,832 stranded individuals along with...
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has authorized its subsidiary, Poro Point Management Corp. (PPMC), to manage the interim operations of the San Fernando Seaport in La Union. In a statement on Friday, Jan. 3, Joshua M. Bingcang, BCDA president and chief executive...
ILIGAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized shabu valued at P13.6 million and arrested two suspected drug pushers in a seaport interdiction operation in Barangay Tandu Bato, Luuk, Sulu on Saturday, August 31. THE PDEA recovered suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million in a seaport...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (below, second from right) visit the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024....
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has announced the completion of a major seaport development project in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. THE Reinforced Concrete Deck with Ro-Ro (Roll-on, Roll-off) Ramp at the Port of Maya in Daanbantayan, Cebu will be inaugurated on August 25. (CPA...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) on Friday, Dec. 9, reported the completion of a major seaport development project. The project with a total budget of P80.8 million sourced from the CPA Corporate Budget involves the repair and expansion of the RC Deck inside the Cebu Baseport at the back...
President Duterte led on Thursday, Nov. 18 the simultaneous inauguration of eight seaport development projects in Mindoro, bringing to 16 the number of such projects that have been inaugurated under the "Build, Build, Build" program in less than a month's time. (From left to right) President...
President Duterte inaugurated his eighth port development project in a span of one week in what can be described as part of the last hurrah of "Build. Build, Build" under his administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (center) attends the inauguration of the Puerto Princesa Seaport Expansion Project...
Economic and tourism activities in Siquijor are expected to grow as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled Thursday, Aug. 26, two vital transport infrastructure projects in the island province. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, Civil Aviation Authority of the...
