A British navy vessel dedicated to securing territorial waters has returned to the Philippines for another defense engagement with Filipino troops. His Majesty Ship (HMS) Spey arrived at the Port of Manila on Thursday, Feb. 22, for a series of activities to be held within the week...
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...
The United States is flexing once again its military muscle in the Indo-Pacific with the port visit in Manila of one of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers after sailing the South China Sea with the Philippine Navy. USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, arrived in the...
Two Korean navy ships are in Manila for a series of activities aimed at strengthening relations between the Philippines and South Korea. Training ship ROKS Hansando and combat support ship ROKS Hwacheon will be participating in Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)'s Cruise Training Task Group (CTTG),...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will submit to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) within this month the 10th candidate-port that must be covered in the pre-feasibility study aimed at repurposing these support facilities to service the needs of the flourishing billion-dollar offshore wind industry in...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has penciled in up to P5.0 billion worth of capital outlay for the repurposing of its Energy Supply Base (ESB) port facility in Mabini, Batangas, so it could be lined up for the logistics needs as well as to underpin support services to the thriving...
Over P805,200 worth of marijuana declared as “replacement filter” was seized in the Port of Clark, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported. In a statement, BOC said that the 488 grams of marijuana were contained in a parcel which undergone x-ray scanning and K9 sniffing. Results showed dried...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has advised cargo truck drivers that they could take alternative ports amid the long queue of truck outside the Matnog Port in Sorsogon. PPA spokesperson Eunice Samonte said truckers heading to the Visayas and Mindanao could take instead the port of Pio...
“We’ve got the POWER" will soon roar as a confident declaration of industry and government collaboration. The trailblazing initiative that is already gaining traction among serious investors and industry players is the institutionalization of the Pilipinas Offshore Wind Energy Resource...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized over P27.6 million worth of illegal cigarettes in the waters of Davao Gulf. Authorities from BOC and the Philippine Navy conducted a joint inspection on Nov. 6 that led to the discovery of a motorized banca which contained a total of 35,850 reams of different...
CEBU CITY – Over 300,000 passengers were recorded departing and arriving in Cebu Port Authority (CPA)-run ports across Cebu since the last week of October. From October 27 to November 2, 377,038 passengers arrived or departed from the 16 ports managed and operated by the CPA. The CPA said 171,986...
New Zealand showed off its maritime capacity to the Philippines through the recent port visit of its ship, HMNZS Aotearoa. Aotearoa had docked for three days in Manila on October 30 as part of New Zealand's Defence Force (NZDF)'s largest naval deployment to the Indo-Pacific, which its...
