Almost 4,500 tablets of the party drug Ecstasy worth P7.6 million were seized by authorities in an interdiction operation at Port of Clark on Wednesday. ECSTACY tablets seized at Port of Clark. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority-Clark Interdiction Unit said that the shipment containing...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard / Coast Guard Station Manila) Authorities have confiscated P16.9 million worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes during an inspection in Manila on Friday, March 14. Joint teams from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau...
The port visit of the Royal Canadian Navy’s His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Ottawa to Manila was proof of the strength of the Philippines’ and Canada’s ties and demonstrated Canada’s commitment to regional security and the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific region. HMCS Ottawa...
Singaporean-flagged bulk carrier RTM Zheng He (Courtesy of PCG) A massive search and rescue operation was launched by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to locate a Filipino seafarer believed to have fallen from a Singaporean bulk carrier while traveling in the vicinity waters of Zamboanga City a day...
(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 unit of the Frabelle Group of Companies has opened a new refrigerated warehouse in the Navotas Fishport complex amid growing demand for cold storage facilities in the food industry. In a statement, FG Cold Storage Corp. announced that the P755-million facility has a capacity of 7,200 pallet...
An Indonesian training ship is sailing to Manila and will arrive in the Philippines next week, Oct. 15, to show Jakarta's commitment on various maritime agreements with the country. KRI Bima Suci will dock at the Port of Manila until Oct. 18 as part of the year-long celebration commemorating the...
ILOILO CITY — A fish port rehabilitated and funded by South Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), opened in Concepcion town, Iloilo province on Tuesday, September 24. KOICA Country Director Kim Eunsab (right) and Iloilo Gov. Arthur 'Toto' Defensor inaugurate...
The joint venture of Copenhagen Energy (CE) and PetroGreen Energy Corporation as developer of the frontrunner 2.0-gigawatt (2,000 megawatts) Buhawind offshore wind farm project in Ilocos Norte is now seeing the finish line clearer for 2028, following government declarations of resolving hurdles on...
CEBU CITY – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)-Labor Center has called for sobriety and openness as they tackle the ongoing labor relations dispute involving the Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. serving the Cebu International Port (CIP). THE Oriental Port and Allied...
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 Bureau of Customs (BOC) has clarified that the backlog of rice shipments at Manila ports is not due to congestion, but rather pending actions from consignees necessary for the release of these goods. According to the BOC, there are currently 258 containers of rice at the Port of Manila. Of...
